Thad Jones' big band arrangements sneak up on you. They're crafty, they swing and they get the job done in a playful way, often on melodic tippy toes. From his earliest recorded chart for Count Basie ...
The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra was a jazz big band formed by trumpeter Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis in New York in 1965. The band performed for twelve years in its original incarnation, ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Pianist, composer and conductor Jim McNeely Pianist and composer Jim ...
Sean Nelson and the New London Big Band will release “Don’t Stop Now,” in April via All In Records. Eight “brand new” charts from the pen of Thad Jones are brought back to life on this album, ...
Craft Recordings is closing out 2025 with another solid entry in the Original Jazz Classics series. This final batch arrives on vinyl and in hi-res digital and includes Jazz Message #2 (Hank Mobley), ...
At the world famous Village Vanguard jazz club in New York City, Monday nights have meant big band music for 50 years, stretching back to the days of Thad Jones and Mel Lewis. For the jazz impresarios ...
In 1965, the trumpeter, composer and arranger Thad Jones and the drummer Mel Lewis found themselves with a book of big-band music originally intended for the Count Basie Orchestra — and nobody to ...
A golden opportunity and an important part of modern jazz history awaits enthusiasts Saturday, Feb. 25, when the 15-piece Vanguard Jazz Orchestra makes its first Show-Me State appearance in 14 years, ...
Founded in 1959 by a group of professors from Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and UMass Amherst, MR is one of the nation's leading literary magazines, distinctive in joining highest-level artistic ...
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