The Complete Poland Concerts 1976 & 1978


The Complete Poland Concerts, 1976 and 1978 is a compilation of the complete live recordings made by the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Poland in August 1976 and October 1978. Two additional tracks from a 1978 Berlin concert round out the album.

Release history

Most of the 1978 Poland concert tracks and the two Berlin tracks were previously released outside Poland on WestWind Jazz releases, A Touch of Class and Body and Soul respectively. The 1976 Sopot tracks had previously been available only on a domestic Polish release from PolJazz.

Track listing

Disc 1:
  1. "Fingers" – 14:05
  2. "Thank You" – 6:55
  3. "Take a Ladder" – 8:50
  4. "Greetings and Salutations" – 13:50
  5. "A Child Is Born" – 9:45
  6. "Intimacy of the Blues" – 16:25
Disc 2:
  1. "Quietude" – 7:26
  2. "Samba Con Get Chu" – 13:35
  3. "Cecilia Is Love" – 7:06
  4. "I Love You" – 5:57
  5. "And I Love You So" – 7:33
  6. "That's Freedom" – 9:14
  7. "Fingers" – 14:14
Tracks 1.1 - 1.4 previously released on Poljazz LP ZSX 637
Tracks 1.5 and 1.6 previously released on Body and Soul, West Wind Jazz WW2048
Tracks 2.1 - 2.3 and 2.7 previously released on Poljazz LP ZSX 697
Tracks 2.1 - 2.6 previously released on A Touch of Class, West Wind Jazz WW2402

Personnel

1976 Sopot: Disc 1 tracks 1–4
1978 Berlin: Disc 1 tracks 5–6; 1978 Warsaw: Disc 2