Consummation

Consummation Artist: Thad Jones , and Mel Lewis
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724353822620
EAN: 0724353822620
ASIN: B0000647MJ


Release Date: 2002-04-23

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Tracks:

  1. Dedication
  2. It Only Happens Every Time
  3. Tiptoe
  4. A Child Is Born
  5. Us
  6. Ahunk Ahunk
  7. Fingers
  8. Consummation

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Bravo!.......2007-01-11

One of the greatest of the big bands! "Fingers" is worth the price of admission - just to hear Joe Farrell blow again!!

5 out of 5 stars Another brilliant, classic, reference big band album from the mind of Thad Jones.......2006-02-18


You could point out some few Jazz big bands (not those bands for dancing)with such charisma and personality which could be distinguished by their proprietary sound.

Like Count Basie's, Stan Kenton's and Duke Ellington's, certainly the Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra files in the first team.

This album features the beautiful 'A Child is Born', a composition Thad Jones dedicated to her daughter.

Also 'Dedication' and 'It Only Happens Everytime' became standards for the band.

A must-have album.

5 out of 5 stars For people who think they don't like jazz..........2005-08-13

have obviously never heard this incredible album! I've listened to a good number of big bands over the years and as of now the one founded by the two-headed monster known as Thad Jones & Mel Lewis remains the most intriging and arguably the finest from ANY era for that matter. Jones honestly doesn't get enough credit for his extremely inventive compositions and arrangements, both of which continue to push the limits of what a big band can truly do when in the hands of a certified master like him. Mel Lewis is also very much underrated in his ability to apply the proper groove to whatever it is the band may be playing at any given moment (not to mention him being funkier than the average jazz drummer back in the day). Many highlights abound on this 1970 landmark release, most notably "Tiptoe", "A Child Is Born", "Fingers", and the title track. It's a shame most jazz music being made today often fails to reach the same inspired level of musicianship and creativity one would find here. So I advise you to add this gem to your collection if you truly have any sense at all. Never know when classic stuff like this will go out-of-print again.

5 out of 5 stars love ballad.......2004-11-23

A Child is Born is possibly the most beautiful and haunting love ballad in jazz history. I fell in love with it in a University music theory class and am excited to find a good recording of it now. What a catch this is!

5 out of 5 stars A Big Band Masterpiece.......2003-08-04

The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis big band was the harmonic and natural successor to the Count Basie band. With some of the best players of their era, its members included Joe Farrell, Jerome Richardson, Dee Dee Bridgewater (who often sang because her husband played sax in the band), Pepper Adams, Snooky Young...need I continue? Yes! How about Sir Roland Hanna, one of the great piano player/composers? I consider this album one of the best and most overlooked jazz albums of all time. As a sax player, all I can say is if you like big band jazz or Count Basie, you will love this album. It is a musicians' and audience favorite.

PS-One of the most beautiful jazz ballads ever written and covered by many jazz players is on this album: A Child Is Born.

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