''Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and UMO'' is a
big band
A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s an ...
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
recording by UMO (
Finnish acronym for "New Music Orchestra") with guest bandleaders / performers
Thad Jones and
Mel Lewis. It was recorded in Helsinki in 1977 and was nominated for a 1979
Grammy
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...
award in the "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band" category.
[LA Times, "The Envelope" award show databas]
link
Accessed 2008 May 28.
Track listing
# "Groove Merchant" – 5:05
# "It Only Happens Every Time" – 5:48
# "Tip-Toe" – 6:37
# "The Great One" – 9:38
# "Kids Are Pretty People" – 6:02
# "Summary" – 5:54
# "Little Pixie" – 7:55
# "Only For Now" – 7:10
Personnel
*
Thad Jones – flugelhorn
*
Mel Lewis – drums
* Simo Salminen – trumpet
* Markku Johansson – trumpet
* Esko Heikkinen – trumpet
*
Kaj Backlund
Harry Kaj Olof Backlund (24 February 1945 – 25 December 2013) was a Finnish jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader, theorist, and one of the founders of the Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory and the Jazz Department of Sibelius Acad ...
– trumpet
* Juhani Aalto – trombone
* Mircea Stan – trombone
* Petri Juutilainen – trombone
* Tom Bildo – trombone
* Pekka Poyry – saxophone, flute
* Juhani Aaltonen – saxophone, flute, clarinet
* Eero Koivistoinen – saxophone
* Teemu Salminen – saxophone, flute, clarinet
* Pentti Lahti – saxophone, clarinet
* Esko Linnavalli – piano
* Otto Berger – guitar
* Pekka Sarmanto – bass
* Esko Rosnell – percussion
References
The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra albums
1978 albums
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