Suite for Pops
Studio album by Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Released	1975
Recorded	January 1972 - July 1975
Genre	Jazz
Label	A&M Horizon
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica (1974) Suite for Pops (1975) New Life (1976)

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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:

1. "Meetin' Place"
2. "The Summary"
3. "The Farewell"
4. "Toledo By Candlelight"

LP side B:

1. "The Great One"
2. "Only For Now"
3. "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 – 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 – 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 - trombone
• Cliff Heather - bass trombone
• Jack Jeffers – bass trombone/tuba
• Dave Taylor - bass trombone
• Jim 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