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.LA Times, "The Envelope" awards database. 1975 Grammy awards link. Accessed 2008 May 19.
Track listing "61st And Rich'it" – 8:15 "The Waltz You Swang For Me" – 7:23 "Forever Lasting" – 6:59 "Love To One" – 4:19 "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 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 ...
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