Live in Tokyo (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra album)

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Live in Tokyo
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Live album by
Released1974
RecordedMarch 1974, Tokyo, Japan
Genre Jazz
Length44:02
Label Denon Jazz
Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
Consummation
(1970)
Live in Tokyo
(1974)
Potpourri
(1974)
Alternative cover
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original LP cover with obi strip

Live In Tokyo is a live recording of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra made in Tokyo, Japan, in 1974.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Once Around" – 10:56
  2. "Back Bone" – 9:43
  3. "Mean What You Say" – 12:40
  4. "Little Pixie" – 10:43

Personnel

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