Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Big Band 1970

音楽に歴史は有る
音楽に国境は無い
だから私は音楽が好きだ❤️

What a band ! Sheer joy

Oh my god, thank you so much!

Oh hell yes. Awesome.

Black race had shown how genius they are by coming up and develop the jazz musical idiom. The world might not notice the good the black race offers to nature and the world. Black people always bring joy & happiness to the world. The same cannot be said about their counterpart which strive money and subjugation of other by all means necessary.Let them make weapons and bombs blacks will make peace and joy to the world up until they understand that humans are created to forge & form a collision love & equality for one another and enjoy the blessings of being human on earth. Jazz has those foregoing characteristics

I think these guys would easily blow down The actual Walls Of Jericho

Damn that sounds delish

richard williams? always liked his playing

What a band! Love the energy that Thad brings out of the band too with his conducting.

Joe and Eddie trading tenor solos with this great orchestra in "Tow Away Zone"! For me, seeing this band in 1972 at a French restaurant near Yale, at 16, got me started on a life of going to hear the masters live!

Es lo mejor que he escuchado desde que soy adicto al JAZZ. Estos tipos son “fenómenos”!!!

Stil: Wow!!!!

JOE HEN !!! DAMN !!!! KILLING IT !!!

Yeah modern big band at it,s best!

thanks for sharing,

Pepper Adams!

Isn't it just splendorous how the harmonic lusciousness, intricacy and sheer meatiness of their sound willingly and rapturously fails to fit into the insufferable mundaneness of today’s reign of vapidness…

Dynamics. Incredible.

that bass...............

I just discovered this gem. Thanks, Ake Eriksson, for giving us this treasure. One of my favorite bands of all time. So much talent. Mel Lewis is the quintessential big band drummer. The arrangements always cook. The solos are endlessly interesting and inventive. The groove is unstoppable. The players are totally into it. Thad Jones knew how to lead a band.

I was fortunate to have been in his music class when he was in residence at William Paterson in the 70's when the jazz program was just finding its feet, and Thad had his brother Elvin come and do a performance for us in one of our rehearsal rooms, wow! The dept. chair wouldn't let me sign up for the class because i was "teaching' major, imagine! I did anyway. God could he play huge impressionistic chords as he taught us about arranging. He also brought Dizzy's quintet to WP that year too-he played the flugelhorn like Dizzy played the trumpet-unbelievable "cutting' contest between the 2 that day was unforgettable. he left for Europe a few years later, what a shame he had to go overseas to make a living, what great, big, generous guy he was. Had a smile that warmed up the entire music department. and my brother managed to squeeeze a few lessons from richard Davis while these geniuses were in NY.

One of the all-time great bands: they could play with fire and turn it into rain with the same intensity, and the fire never went out.

The cherry on top is Dexter sitting in the audience

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!! MY FATHER ALSO LOVED THIS BAND !!!

A joy to watch him conduct this band. I've never heard him speak before. He sounds just like Elvin speaking. Great to hear Richard Davis here and all the band. Just a great sound. Thank you for posting this.

Just wonderful ❤️
A request: Can someone provide a title list? 🙏🙂

One of the best ever , , , , ,

Notice!!!! Thad conducts the MUSIC , the Phrases not just stand in front and keep time. Wow, Wow. What a tenor duo! Eddie also plays amazing clarinet. I was not a clarinet fan until I heard this man play jazz on one; check him out!

Owooo!

Damn Joe sounds great

Timeless!!! I was lucky to spend a couple afternoons with Al Porcino in his Munich apartment. An unforgettable experience, listening to recordings and hearing his stories.....

WOW!!!!!

BOP-ONE-LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHY???? THE COMMENT THE SECOND RACE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO?????

That J.Richardson flute solo is the funky shit wow.

Awesome music power! Miss you all!

Where is this wonderful band performing... What venue or city?

These guys played for the love of it. I know for a fact they made very little money.

And don’t forget the arrangements.

Eddie “clarinet” Daniels on sax. Those were the days.

He fd up Richard Williams’ name lol

The best!

Come on man...Richard Williams on muted trumpet! This is why jazz is king!

Wow😃this was over 50 years ago great stuff!!!

Hold on too your seat baby thad and the gang are not playing no games

When everything is together, what a wonderful band, and what an incredible performance

It is very rare, indeed, to see Jerry Dodgion playing live, as he was always a behind-the-scenes studio musician. Rare as well to see Eddie Daniels playing tenor sax instead of clarinet. Very cool video!