Artist: Mel Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer, Clark Terry
Album: Live At The Village Vanguard (Remastered)
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 1980/2019
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 44,1 kHz
Duration: 49:27
Total Tracks: 6
Total Size: 534 MB

Tracklist:

1. Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra & Bob Brookmeyer – Ding Dong Ding (07:23)
2. Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra & Bob Brookmeyer – First Love Song (05:26)
3. Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra & Bob Brookmeyer – Hello & Goodbye (07:47)
4. Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra & Bob Brookmeyer – Skylark (07:00)
5. Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra & Bob Brookmeyer – El Co (16:25)
6. Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra & Bob Brookmeyer – The Fan Club (05:23)

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A year after Thad Jones’ decision to end his musical partnership with drummer Mel Lewis, Lewis’ jazz orchestra was changing its sound. Valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer became the big band’s chief arranger for a time, and his charts show the influence of modern classical music while usually still swinging. This hard to find album features the orchestra playing live at their home base (the Village Vanguard), and such soloists as pianist Jim McNeely and Dick Oatts on alto and soprano; flugelhornist Clark Terry, and Brookmeyer himself are featured on the nearly 16-minute “El Co” and “The Fan Club.” Worthwhile if not essential music.