Suite for Pops

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: LP side B:
 * 1) "Meetin' Place"
 * 2) "The Summary"
 * 3) "The Farewell"
 * 4) "Toledo By Candlelight"
 * 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