[Captain Bacardi]

Thad Jones & Mel Lewis
SUITE FOR POPS
A&M/Horizon SP-701

Released 1975
Peaked at #36 on the Jazz Album Charts (1976)

Format: Vinyl/Cassette/8-Track/CD (Japan)

Produced & Engineered by Phil Ramone
* - Produced by John Snyder and Engineered by Don Hahn

Creative Director: John Snyder

Songs:

1. Meetin' Place - 7:09
2. The Summary - 4:44
3. The Farewell - 5:34 *
4. Toledo By Candlelight (Gary McFarland) - 5:59
5. The Great One - 11:25
6. Only For Now - 6:22
7. A Good Time Was Had By All - 5:23

All selections composed and arranged by Thad Jones except where indicated.

Musicians:
Thad Jones - Leader, Flugelhorn and Cornet
Mel Lewis - Leader, Drums and Percussion
Trumpets - Jon Faddis, Stephen Furtado, Jim Bossy, Lew Soloff, Snooky Young, Marvin Stamm, Virgil Jones, Cecil Bridgewater
Trombones - Jimmy Knepper, Quentin "Butter" Jackson, Billy Campbell, Eddie Bert, Janice Robinson, Earl McIntyre
Bass Trombones - Cliff Heather, Jack Jeffers, Dave Taylor
Acoustic Bass - George Mraz, Richard Davis, Steve Gilmore
Tuba - Jack Jeffers
French Horn - Jim Buffington, Peter Gordon, Earl Chapin, Julius Watkins, Ray Alonge
Alto Sax - Jerry Dodgion, Eddie Xiques
Soprano Sax - Jerry Dodgion
Tenor Sax - Billy Harper, Eddie Daniels, Ron Bridgewater, Frank Foster, Greg Herbert, Lou Marini
Baritone Sax - Pepper Adams
Flute - Jerry Dodgion, Eddie Xiques, Billy Harper, Eddie Daniels, Ron Bridgewater
Clarinet - Eddie Daniels, Pepper Adams, Frank Foster, Ron Bridgewater
Bass Clarinet - Eddie Xiques
Percussion - Jon Faddis, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis
Congas - Leonard Gibbs
Vocal - Dee Dee Bridgewater (5)

Recorded at A&R Studios, New York on January 25, 26, 31 and September 1, 1972; July 22, 1975
Mixed by Ed Michel, Baker Bigsby, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and John Snyder, July 25, 1975 at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, California.

Art Direction: Roland Young
Design: Phil Shima
Front Cover Illustration: David McMacken
Liner notes by Arnold Jay Smith



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[Captain Bacardi]

A nice intro for the Horizon series, but this isn't up to the usual standards of the Jones/Lewis band. Two songs really stand out, though - "The Farewell", featuring Janice Robinson's funky plunger trombone solo, and "A Good Time Was Had By All", where Thad Jones takes on a nice flugelhorn solo and Jon Faddis doubles himself in the upper stratosphere towards the end. While this seems to be a tribute to Louis Armstrong on cover, there really isn't anything in the music that has to do with Armstrong at all.



Capt. Bacardi
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The Chicago Cubs - 102 years and counting....