Mel Lewis & WDR Big Band Köln - Last Recordings

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Mel Lewis & WDR Big Band Köln
Last Recordings

Compil. DE 1990 on Jazzline label
Jazz (Big Band, Contemporary Jazz)

Track 1 to 5 are live recordings on two track machine Track 1 to 3: Recorded November 22, 1989 in Leipzig - East Germany Track 4: Recorded November 22, 1989 at Kulturwerkstatt Paderborn, Germany Track 5: Recorded on April 22, 1989 at Stadtgarten, Cologne Track 6: Recorded on April 4, 1989 at WDR Studio, Colgne Made in West Germany

Musicians

	Mel Lewis dr, 1929-1990 US drums, album by
	WDR Big Band Köln , DE band, album by
	Jean Warland b, cb, 1926-2015 BE bass
	Bill Holman ts, sax, *1927 US conductor, arranged by
	Bob Brookmeyer tb, 1929-2011 US conductor, written by, arranged by
	Jerry Van Rooyen tr, p, sax, NL conductor
	Jim Hall g, 1930-2013 US guitar
	Milan Lulić g, guitar
	Rainer Brüninghaus key, p, *1949 DE keyboards
	Joachim Becker p, ep, org, *1958 DE keyboards, korg
	Tom Van Der Geld percussion
	Bora Roković p, 1925-2006 RS piano
	Harald Rosenstein as, sax, DE saxophone
	Heiner Wiberny as, sax, *1944 DE saxophone
	Olivier Peters ts, sax, *1955 DE saxophone
	Paul Peucker sax, saxophone
	Rolf Römer ts, *1939 DE saxophone
	Bernt Laukamp tb, *1946 DE trombone
	David Horler tb, *1943 DE trombone
	Henning Berg tb, *1954 DE trombone
	Roy Deuvall tb, trombone
	Andy Haderer tr, *1964 DE trumpet
	Earl Gardner tr, *1950 US trumpet
	Jon Eardley tr, 1928-1991 US trumpet
	Klaus Osterloh tr, fh, *1952 DE trumpet
	Rick Kiefer tr, *1939 US trumpet
	Rob Bruynen tr, *1961 NL trumpet
	Thad Jones tr, 1923-1986 US arranged by, written by, arranged by

Producers

Otto Fries engineer, recording

Reinhold Nickel engineer, recording

Wolfgang Hirschmann liner notes, producer

Composers

Jerome Richardson

Thad Jones

John Klenner

Bob Brookmeyer

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	The Groove Merchant	Mel Lewis & WDR Big Band Köln	Jerome Richardson	10:30
2	Tip Toe	Mel Lewis & WDR Big Band Köln	Thad Jones	9:53
3	The Farewell	Mel Lewis & WDR Big Band Köln	Thad Jones	7:08
4	Don't Get Sassy	Mel Lewis & WDR Big Band Köln	Thad Jones	9:20
5	Just Friends	Mel Lewis & WDR Big Band Köln	John Klenner	8:08
6	Fire (From "On The Way To The Sky")	Mel Lewis & WDR Big Band Köln	Bob Brookmeyer	10:16

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