Central Park North is a 1969 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the Solid State Records label. The album was nominated for a 1969 Grammy Award in the "Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group..." category.LA Times awards database, link. Accessed 2008 April 28. All tracks are also included on Mosaic's limited edition boxed set, The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
Track listing
All songs composed and arranged by Thad Jones except where indicated.
LP side A: "Tow Away Zone" – 4:25 "Quietude" – 4:03 "Jive Samba" (Nat Adderley) – 8:50 LP side B: "The Groove Merchant" (Jerome Richardson) – 5:04 "Big Dipper" – 5:52 "Central Park North" – 9:14
Personnel Thad Jones – flugelhorn Mel Lewis – drums Roland Hanna – piano Richard Davis – bass Barry Galbraith – guitar Sam Brown – guitar Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone Joe Temperley – baritone saxophone Snooky Young – trumpet Richard Williams – trumpet Danny Moore – trumpet Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet Jimmy Knepper – trombone Benny Powell – trombone Eddie Bert – trombone Cliff Heather – trombone
References and external Links
Solid State SS-18058 Central Park North at: [ Allmusic] discogs.com