Consummation (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra album)

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Consummation
Consummation ThadJonesMelLewisOrchestra.jpg
Studio album by
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Released1970
RecordedA&R Studios, New York City, 1970 January, May
Genre Jazz
Length46:32
Label Solid State (Blue Note)
Producer Sonny Lester
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
Basle, 1969
(1969)
Consummation
(1970)
Live in Tokyo
(1974)
Alternate cover
Consummation SS TJML.jpg
Solid State SR 3110 (Japan. release) [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [3] Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg
Jack Bowers (All About Jazz) [4] favorable
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg
(Core Collection)

Consummation is an album by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. It was released in 1970 on Blue Note Records and re-released in 2002. It was recorded at A&R Studios in New York City. The album was nominated for a 1970 Grammy award in the "Best Jazz Performance - Large Group..." category. [5] All tracks were included in Mosaic's limited edition boxed set, The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra .

Contents

Reception

Richard Cook and Brian Morton gave Consummation a four-star review in The Penguin Guide to Jazz , and included it in the book's Core Collection. [6] Cook and Morton described the recording as "one of the best big-band records of its day and some kind of proof that the bands weren't completely dead." [6]

Track listing

All compositions and arrangements are by Thad Jones.

LP side A:

  1. "Dedication" – 5:13
  2. "It Only Happens Every Time" – 3:07
  3. "Tiptoe" – 6:42
  4. "A Child Is Born" – 4:09
  5. "Us" – 3:37

LP side B:

  1. "Ahunk Ahunk" – 7:57
  2. "Fingers" – 10:38
  3. "Consummation" – 5:09

Personnel

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References

  1. Benny Powell discography
  2. Benny Powell discography
  3. Scott Yanow review at Allmusic.com
  4. Jack Bowers' review at AllAboutJazz.com Archived 2006-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
  5. LA Times awards database, link. Accessed 2008 April 28.
  6. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 799. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.