Suite for Pops is a 1975 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the A&M Horizon label.
Track listing LP side A: "Meetin' Place" "The Summary" "The Farewell" "Toledo By Candlelight" LP side B: "The Great One" "Only For Now" "A Good Time Was Had By All"
Personnel Thad Jones – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion Mel Lewis – drums Roland Hanna – piano Richard Davis – double bass George Mraz - double bass Steve Gilmore - double bass Jerry Dodgion – lead soprano & alto saxophone, flute Eddie Xiques – alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute Billy Harper – tenor saxophone, flute Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute Ron Bridgewater - tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, clarinet Greg Herbert - tenor saxophone Lou Marini - tenor saxophone Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone, clarinet Jon Faddis – lead trumpet, percussion Stephen Furtado - trumpet Jim Bossy - trumpet Lew Soloff - trumpet Snooky Young – trumpet Marvin Stamm – trumpet Virgil Jones – trumpet Cecil Bridgewater – trumpet Jimmy Knepper – trombone Quentin Jackson – trombone Eddie Bert – trombone Janice Robinson - trombone Earl McIntyre - bass trombone Cliff Heather - bass trombone Jack Jeffers – bass trombone/tuba Dave Taylor - bass trombone Jimmy Buffington – French horn Peter Gordon - French horn Earl Chapin - French horn Julius Watkins - French horn Ray Alonge – French horn Leonard Gibbs - percussion Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocal
References and external links
A&M Horizon SP-701 Suite for Pops at: [ Allmusic] discogs.com