Consummation (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra album)

Consummation is an album by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. It was released in 1970 on Blue Note Records and re-released in 2002. It was recorded at A&R Studios in New York City. The album was nominated for a 1970 Grammy Award in the "Best Jazz Performance - Large Group..." category.^[5] All tracks were included in Mosaic's limited edition boxed set, The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.

Consummation
Studio album by Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Released	1970
Recorded	A&R Studios, New York City, 1970 January, May
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:32
Label	Solid State (Blue Note)
Producer	Sonny Lester
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
Basle, 1969 (1969) Consummation (1970) Live in Tokyo (1974)
Alternate cover
Solid State SR 3110 (Japan. release)[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic[2]
DownBeat	[3]
Jack Bowers (All About Jazz)[4]	favorable
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	(Core Collection)

Reception

Richard Cook and Brian Morton gave Consummation a four-star review in The Penguin Guide to Jazz, and included it in the book's Core Collection.^[6] Cook and Morton described the recording as "one of the best big-band records of its day and some kind of proof that the bands weren't completely dead."^[6]

Track listing

All compositions and arrangements are by Thad Jones.

LP side A:

1. "Dedication" – 5:13
2. "It Only Happens Every Time" – 3:07
3. "Tiptoe" – 6:42
4. "A Child Is Born" – 4:09
5. "Us" – 3:37

LP side B:

1. "Ahunk Ahunk" – 7:57
2. "Fingers" – 10:38
3. "Consummation" – 5:09

Personnel

• Thad Jones – flugelhorn
• Snooky Young – trumpet
• Danny Moore – trumpet
• Al Porcino – trumpet
• Marvin Stamm – trumpet
• Eddie Bert – trombone
• Benny Powell – trombone
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Cliff Heather – bass trombone
• Jerome Richardson – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, alto flute
• Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, alto flute
• Billy Harper – tenor saxophone, flute
• Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
• Richie Kamuca – baritone saxophone (tracks A1, 2, 3, 5, B3), clarinet
• Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone (tracks A4, B1)
• Joe Farrell – baritone saxophone (track B2)
• Roland Hanna – acoustic piano, electric piano
• Richard Davis – acoustic bass, electric bass
• Mel Lewis – drums
• Jimmy Buffington - French horn, tracks A1, B3
• Earl Chapin - French horn, tracks A1, B3
• Dick Berg - French horn, tracks A1, B3
• Julius Watkins - French horn, tracks A1, B3
• Howard Johnson - tuba, tracks A1, B3
• David Spinozza - guitar, tracks A5, B1