Potpourri (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra album)

Potpourri
Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedJune 1974
StudioSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreJazz
Length44:08
LabelPhiladelphia International
ProducerBobby Martin
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
Live in Tokyo
(1974)
Potpourri
(1974)
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica
(1974)
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Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

Potpourri is a 1974 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the Philadelphia International Records label. The album was nominated for a 1975 Grammy award in the category, "Best Jazz Performance - Big Band" and Thad Jones' arrangement of "Living for the City" was also nominated in the Best Instrumental Arrangement category that same year.[2]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ LA Times, "The Envelope" awards database. 1975 Grammy awards link. Accessed 2008 April 19.