{"id":7568,"date":"2016-06-05T17:13:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T00:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=7568"},"modified":"2016-06-05T17:13:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T00:13:01","slug":"weekend-extra-jones-lewis-and-gleason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2016\/06\/weekend-extra-jones-lewis-and-gleason\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Extra: Jones-Lewis And Gleason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jazz-Casual-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Jazz Casual logo\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jazz-Casual-logo.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jazz-Casual-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Jazz-Casual-logo-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>In case you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve forgotten what joy a big band can generate at its peak of performance, here is the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra on Ralph J. Gleason\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Jazz Casual<\/em> telecast on public television. The set list is &#8220;Just Blues,&#8221; &#8220;St. Louis Blues&#8221; and &#8220;Kids Are Pretty People.&#8221; This was broadcast on PBS in April, 1968. We bring you the entire program.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NWag8AHfwZw?rel=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Personnel<\/strong>: Thad Jones, flugelhorn and conductor; <strong>Trumpets<\/strong>, Snooky Young, Richard Williams, Randy Brecker, Danny Moore; <strong>Trombones<\/strong>, Bob Brookmeyer, Garnett Brown, Jimmy Knepper, Benny Powell; <strong>Saxophones<\/strong>, Jerome Richardson, Seldon Powell, Dodgion, Eddie Daniels, Pepper Adams, baritone sax &amp; clarinet; <strong>Rhythm<\/strong>, Roland Hanna piano; Richard Davis, bass; Mel Lewis, drums.<\/p>\n<p>For more about and by the Jones-Lewis band in its heyday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2016\/03\/thad-mel-the-tradition-continues.html\" target=\"_blank\">go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve forgotten what joy a big band can generate at its peak of performance, here is the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra on Ralph J. Gleason\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Jazz Casual telecast on public television. The set list is &#8220;Just Blues,&#8221; &#8220;St. Louis Blues&#8221; and &#8220;Kids Are Pretty People.&#8221; This was broadcast on PBS in April, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}