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50 Years at the Village Vanguard : Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
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Title
50 Years at the Village Vanguard : Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra / Dave Lisik and Eric Allen.
ISBN
9780692808580
0692808582
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Chicago ; Wellington, New Zealand : SkyDeck Music, 2017.
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
viii, 316 pages : illustrations (some color), music, facsimiles, photographs, portraits ; 24 x 28 cm
Variant and related titles
Fifty years at the Village Vanguard
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 19, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references, chapter notes and index.
Contents
Introduction
Presenting the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: sixteen as one
Thad
Mel
The music of Bob Brookmeyer
The music of Jim McNeely
Riding the bus: life on the road
Solo space: the small group within a big band
A legacy of composition
The 50th anniversary collection
The Village Vanguard
Just like on the records: the official discography
And the band
By the numbers.
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