Consummation (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra album)
# Consummation (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Jack Bowers (All About Jazz) | favorable |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | (Core Collection) |

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. All tracks were included in Mosaic's limited edition boxed set, The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.

## 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. 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."

## Track listing

    All compositions and arrangements are by Thad Jones.

LP side A:

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

LP side B:

* "Ahunk Ahunk" – 7:57
* "Fingers" – 10:38
* "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
