The Complete Poland Concerts 1976 & 1978

The Complete Poland Concerts, 1976 and 1978 is a compilation of the complete live recordings made by the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra in Poland in August 1976 and October 1978. Two additional tracks from a 1978 Berlin concert round out the album.

Release history
Most of the 1978 Poland concert tracks and the two Berlin tracks were previously released outside Poland on WestWind Jazz releases, A Touch of Class and Body and Soul respectively. The 1976 Sopot (Jazz Jantar) tracks had previously been available only on a domestic Polish release from PolJazz.

Track listing
Disc 1: Disc 2:
 * 1) "Fingers" (T. Jones) – 14:05
 * 2) "Thank You" (J. Dodgion) – 6:55
 * 3) "Take a Ladder" (R. Scott) – 8:50
 * 4) "Greetings and Salutations" (T. Jones) – 13:50
 * 5) "A Child Is Born" – 9:45
 * 6) "Intimacy of the Blues" (Strayhorn) – 16:25
 * 1) "Quietude" (Jones) – 7:26
 * 2) "Samba Con Get Chu" (Brookmeyer) – 13:35
 * 3) "Cecilia Is Love" (Foster) – 7:06
 * 4) "I Love You" (Porter) – 5:57
 * 5) "And I Love You So" (McLean) – 7:33
 * 6) "That's Freedom" (Jones) – 9:14
 * 7) "Fingers" – 14:14

Tracks 1.1 - 1.4 previously released on Poljazz LP ZSX 637 Tracks 1.5 and 1.6 previously released on Body and Soul, West Wind Jazz WW2048 Tracks 2.1 - 2.3 and 2.7 previously released on Poljazz LP ZSX 697 Tracks 2.1 - 2.6 previously released on A Touch of Class, West Wind Jazz WW2402

Personnel
1976 Sopot: Disc 1 tracks 1-4 1978 Berlin: Disc 1 tracks 5–6; 1978 Warsaw: Disc 2
 * Thad Jones – flugelhorn
 * Mel Lewis – drums
 * John Mosca – trombone
 * Harold Danko – piano
 * Dwight R. Bowman – bass
 * Edward I. Xiques – alto saxophone
 * Jerry D. Dodgion – alto saxophone
 * Arnold L. Schneider – tenor saxophone
 * Gregory D. Herbert – tenor saxophone
 * Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
 * Al Porcino – trumpet
 * Earl Gardner – trumpet
 * Frank Gordon – trumpet
 * Lynn Nicholson – trumpet
 * William M. Campbell – trombone
 * Clifford A. Adams – trombone
 * Earl P. McIntyre – trombone
 * Jim McNeely – piano
 * Jasper Lundgaard – bass
 * Dick Oatts – alto saxophone
 * Steve Coleman – alto saxophone
 * Rick Perry – tenor saxophone
 * Robert Rockwell – tenor saxophone
 * Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
 * Ron Tooley – trumpet
 * Simo Salminin – trumpet
 * Irvin Stokes – trumpet
 * Larry Moss – trumpet
 * Doug Purviance – trombone
 * Lolly Bienenfeld – trombone
 * Lu Robertson – trombone