Basle, 1969

Basle, 1969
File:Basle1969 ThadJonesMelLewis.jpg
Live album by Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Released	1996
Recorded	1969 September, Basle, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz
Length	67:46
Label	TCB Music
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
Central Park North (1969) Basle, 1969 (1996) Consummation (1970)
Alternative cover
File:LiveOnTourInSwitzerland ThadJonesMelLewis.jpg LRC release

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic (link)	StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg
Jack Bowers (allaboutjazz.com)	Favorable
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	StarStarStarHalf star

Basle, 1969 (also released as Live on Tour Switzerland) is a big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Basle (Basel), Switzerland for a Swiss radio broadcast. It was not released until 1996 – as Volume 4 of TCB Music's "Swiss Radio Days" series.

Track listing

1. "Second Race" – 10:53
2. "Don't Ever Leave Me" – 4:29
3. "The Waltz You Swang For Me" – 9:23
4. "A- That's Freedom" (Hank Jones) – 11:09
5. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 4:55
6. "Don't Get Sassy" – 11:48
7. "Bible Story" (Roland Hanna) – 6:47
8. "Groove Merchant" (Jerome Richardson) – 8:22

All songs arranged by Thad Jones. All songs composed by Jones except as noted.

Personnel

• Thad Jones – flugelhorn
• Mel Lewis – drums
• Roland Hanna – piano
• Richard Davis – bass
• Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
• Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
• Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone
• Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
• Snooky Young – trumpet
• Richard Williams – trumpet
• Danny Moore – trumpet
• Al Porcino – trumpet
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Ashley Fannell – trombone
• Eddie Bert – trombone
• Cliff Heather – trombone

External links

• TCB Music 2042
• Allmusic
• Bowers, Jack. Review at allaboutjazz.com Accessed 2008 April 26.