Greetings and Salutations

Studio album by Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and the Swedish Radio Orchestra

Greetings and Salutations

Studio album by

Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and the Swedish Radio Orchestra

Recorded| 1975 June 27, 28 Stockholm, Sweden
Genre| Jazz
Length| 40:33
Label| Four Leaf Clover (Sweden) / Town Crier
alternative cover

Town Crier cover

alternative cover

Biograph Records cover

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
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):

* Thad Jones – cornet
* Mel Lewis – drums
* ...
* Al Porcino – trumpet
* Arne Domnérus – reeds
* Bernt Rosengren – reeds
* ...

## 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.

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* Body and Soul (Live in Berlin)
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Compilations|

* The Blue Note Reissue Series: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis
* The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (Mosaic)
* In Europe
* The Complete Poland Concerts 1976 & 1978

Jones / Lewis as
guest bandleaders|

* Greetings and Salutations (with the Swedish Radio Jazz Group)
* Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and UMO (with the UMO Jazz Orchestra)

Video recordings|

* Jazz Casual – Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and Woody Herman and His Swinging Herd

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