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Greetings and Salutations

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Greetings and Salutations
Studio album by
Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and the Swedish Radio Orchestra
Recorded1975 June 27, 28 Stockholm, Sweden
GenreJazz
Length40:33
LabelFour Leaf Clover (Sweden) / Town Crier
alternative cover
Town Crier cover
alternative cover
Biograph Records cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Greetings and Salutations is a 1975 big band jazz album recorded by the Swedish Radio Jazz Group with Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and Jon Faddis as guest bandleader / performers. The album was nominated for a 1978 Grammy award in the Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band category.[3]

Track listing

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  1. "61st And Rich'it" – 8:15
  2. "The Waltz You Swang For Me" – 7:23
  3. "Forever Lasting" – 6:59
  4. "Love To One" – 4:19
  5. "Greetings And Salutations" – 13:37

additional bonus tracks on reissues (from 1977 recording session):

6. "Mach 2" (Scott) – 4:52
7. "Rhoda's Map" – 5:04
8. "My Centennial" – 9:48

Personnel

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Original 1975 recording session (tracks 1~5):

  • Thad Jones – cornet
  • Jon Faddis – trumpet
  • Americo Bellotto – trumpet
  • Bertil Lövgren – trumpet
  • Jan Allan – trumpet
  • Torgny Nilsson – trombone
  • Lars Olofsson – trombone
  • Bengt Edwardsson – trombone
  • Sven Larson – trombone
  • Lennart Åberg – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • Claes Rosendahl – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
  • Erik Nilsson – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
  • Wåge Finer – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
  • Rune Falk – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Håkan Nyquist – French horn
  • Sven Åke Landström – French horn
  • Kurt Puke – French horn
  • Bengt Olsson – French horn
  • Bo Juhlin – tuba
  • Rune Gustafsson – guitar
  • Bengt Hallberg – piano, electric piano
  • Georg Riedel – bass
  • Stefan Brolund – electric bass
  • Egil Johansen – drums
  • Mel Lewis – drums

1977 recording session (bonus tracks 6~8):

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 800. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ LA Times, "The Envelope" awards database. 1975 Grammy awards link. Accessed 2008 May 19.