Results for "The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra"

Article: Multiple Reviews

More Muse-ical Masterpieces Reissued By Time Traveler Recordings

by Joshua Weiner
March 24, 2026

Shortly after the label was sold to Fantasy in 1971, Prestige Records producer Joe Fields founded Muse Records to document the next phase in jazz. Selections from the Muse catalog are now being given audiophile-quality vinyl reissues by producer Zev Feldman, whose new imprint, Time Traveler Recordings, extends his what he calls his “jazz detective" work ...

Article: Album Review

WDR Big Band featuring John Goldsby and Bob Mintzer: Big Band Bass

by Artur Moral
November 7, 2025

What better way to bid farewell to a long, fruitful relationship than with a mutual gift? That is the decision John Goldsby and the extraordinary WDR Big Band made after 30 years of intense collaboration. Extended partnerships are perhaps not too frequent in today's jazz landscape, even in the more conducive orchestral realm: well-known are the ...

Article: Interview

Franck Amsallem: A Jazz Life From New York To Paris

by Frank Housh
October 3, 2025

Franck Amsallem is a Paris-based pianist, singer, and composer educated in the United States. His debut recording, Out A Day (OMD, 1992) with Gary Peacock and Bill Stewart was recently reissued and remastered (streaming only), and his most recent album The Summer Knows (Un été 42) was released May 10, 2025. The Summer Knows ...

Article: The Jazz Files

The History of Jazz Drums: An Archival Treasure Rediscovered

by Hank Hehmsoth
April 2, 2025

In the vast landscape of jazz history, few archives offer the depth and insight found in The History of Jazz Drums--an extraordinary 8-part radio series recorded in 1989. Featuring compelling conversations between Mel Lewis (1929-1990), a master drummer whose swing propelled The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra and Loren Schoenberg, senior scholar at the National Jazz Museum ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Zinfandel meets the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

by Kristen Lee Sergeant
June 30, 2021

Video

Texture: The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra meets AmByth Estates Zinfandel

Featuring the music of The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra
Duration: 5:35
June 24, 2021

In the second tasting and listening adventure of the month, we explore texture in our ears and our palates through two great examples. Read Kristen's analysis of AmByth Estates Zinfandel (2014) and The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra here.

Album

Consummation

By The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Dedication; It Only Happens Every Time; Tiptoe; A Child Is Born; Us; Ahunk Ahunk; Fingers; Consummation (46:32).

Album

Rhoda Scott In New York

By Rhoda Scott

Label: Barclay
Released: 1976
Track listing: Mach 2;Tanikka; Rhoda Map; R And R; Charlotte's Waltz; Walkin About; Take A Ladder.