Jazz Casual – Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and Woody Herman and His Swinging Herd

Jazz Casual - The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, Woody Herman and his Swinging Herd consists of a recording of a Woody Herman and his Swinging Herd appearance from 1963 and a Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra appearance from 1968 that were combined and released as a single DVD video and also as an audio CD. Jazz Casual was a KQED-produced television show of studio performances by major jazz musicians. The same material has also been released in different packages (e.g. a DVD of the Jones/Lewis Orchestra tracks combined with the 1961 appearance of the Dave Brubeck Quartet and the 1962 Modern Jazz Quartet appearance and another DVD including all 3 Woody Herman appearances from 1963 and 1964 which were both also part of an 8 DVD complete set of all 28 Jazz Casual TV episodes.)

Track listing

 * 1) "Just Blues" – 4:41
 * 2) Thad Jones, Introductions – 0:36
 * 3) "St.Louis Blues" – 12:18
 * 4) Interview With Thad, Mel, Section Leader – 4:07
 * 5) "Kids Are Pretty People" – 5:39
 * 6) "Don't Get Sassy" – 1:05
 * 7) "Molasses" – 6:30
 * 8) Interview – 4:43
 * 9) "El Toro Grande" – 4:52
 * 10) Woody Speaks – 0:21
 * 11) "Lonesome Old Town" – 3:42
 * 12) Woody Speaks – 0:22
 * 13) "That's Where It Is" – 4:06
 * 14) "Cousins" – 4:18

Tracks 1-6: Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra Tracks 7-14: Woody Herman and his Swinging Herd

Personnel
Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra: Woody Herman and his Swinging Herd:
 * Thad Jones – flugelhorn
 * Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone
 * Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
 * Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone
 * Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
 * Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
 * Snooky Young – trumpet
 * Richard Williams – trumpet
 * Randy Brecker – trumpet
 * Danny Moore – trumpet
 * Bob Brookmeyer – trombone
 * Garnett Brown – trombone
 * Jimmy Knepper – trombone
 * Benny Powell – trombone
 * Roland Hanna – piano
 * Richard Davis – bass
 * Mel Lewis – drums
 * Woody Herman – clarinet, saxophone
 * Bill Chase – trumpet
 * Billy Hunt – trumpet
 * Dave Dale – trumpet
 * Phil Wilson – trombone
 * Henry Southall – trombone
 * Kenny Wenzel – trombone
 * Sal Nistico – tenor sax
 * Carmen Leggio – tenor sax
 * Jackie Stevens – tenor sax
 * Frank Hittner – baritone sax
 * Nat Pierce – piano
 * Chuck Andrus – bass
 * Jake Hanna – drums