Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra was a jazz big band formed by trumpeter Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis around 1965. The band performed for twelve years in its original incarnation, and included a 1972 tour of the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. The band won a 1978 Grammy Award for the album Live in Munich. The collaboration ended in 1978 with Jones suddenly moving to Copenhagen, Denmark, after which the band became the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. Since the death of Lewis in 1990 it has been known as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Trombonist John Mosca serves as director, saxophonist Dick Oatts serves as artistic director, Bass trombone player Douglas Purviance as a band manager, and pianist Jim McNeely as composer-in-residence. They have maintained a Monday-night residency at the Village Vanguard for four decades.

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