{"id":4588,"date":"2013-03-28T11:27:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T18:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=4588"},"modified":"2013-03-28T11:27:03","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T18:27:03","slug":"thad-jones-1923-1986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2013\/03\/thad-jones-1923-1986\/","title":{"rendered":"Thad Jones (1923-1986)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Santa<\/a>Vacationing in Santa Barbara, Ojai and environs does not preclude observing Thad Jones’s 90th birthday. There’s no better way to do that than with Thad conducting the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra’s extraordinary version of Jerome Richardson’s “The Groove Merchant.” This is from a European tour probably in the fall of 1969—not ’68, as YouTube<\/i> indicates.<\/p>\n

The reed section<\/strong>: Joe Henderson, Jerry Dodgion, Jerome Richardson, Eddie Daniels, Pepper Adams.
\nTrumpets:<\/strong> Snooky Young, Danny Moore, Al Porcino, Richard Williams.
\nTrombones:<\/strong> Eddie Bert, Astley Fennell, Jimmy Knepper, Cliff Heather.
\nRhythm:<\/strong> Mel Lewis, drums; Roland Hanna, piano; Richard Davis, bass.
\nConductor:<\/strong> Thad Jones.<\/p>\n

Be alert for the shot of Snooky at 2:35, enjoying Hanna’s three-minute piano introduction. Who wouldn’t? This got enormous response when I posted it three years ago. Let’s see if it still works.<\/p>\n

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