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Potpourri
| Recorded | Jun 1974 |
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| Label | Philadelphia International Records |
| Released | 1974 |
| Personnel | 18 credited players |
| Discogs | master 346239 |
The record
An unlikely home for Thad Jones and Mel Lewis's big band -- Gamble and Huff's soul stronghold -- yet the writing stays sharp, with Pepper Adams' baritone and Billy Harper's tenor cutting through the ensemble's lush stretches. Buddy Lucas's harmonica adds a curious, bluesy wrinkle to a book otherwise built on Jones's ambitious charts.
Session personnel
- Jerry Dodgion — alto saxophone [first], soprano saxophone, flute
- Ed Xiques — alto saxophone [second], soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Pepper Adams — baritone saxophone
- George Mraz — bass
- Mel Lewis — drums
- Thad Jones — flugelhorn
- Buddy Lucas — harmonica, jew's harp [jaw harp]
- Roland Hanna — piano
- Billy Harper — tenor saxophone [first], flute
- Ron Bridgewater — tenor saxophone [second], clarinet
- Billy Campbell — trombone
- Cliff Heather — trombone
- Quentin Jackson — trombone
- Jimmy Knepper — trombone [first]
- Cecil Bridgewater — trumpet
- Jim Bossy — trumpet
- Stephen Furtado — trumpet
- Jon Faddis — trumpet [first]
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1974 | Philadelphia International Records · KZ 33152 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Pressing earliest on file |
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| 1974 | Philadelphia International Records |
| 1974 | Philadelphia International Records · S PIR 80411 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1974 | Philadelphia International Records · PIR 80411 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1974 | Philadelphia International Records · KZ 33152 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo |
| 1974 | Philadelphia International Records · ECPN-48-PH — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo |
| 1974 | Philadelphia International Records · ECPN-48-PH — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1974 | CBS · SBP 234611 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1974 | Philadelphia International Records · KZ 33152 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo |
| 1974 | Philadelphia International Records · PIR 40-80411 — Cassette, Album |
| 1995 | Columbia · 471478 2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
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