Thad Jones Mel Lewis Montreux 1974

Cymbals: The best sounding old K's Istanbul Mel ever played.
(stolen in 1979)

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[5701birchroad]

Horrible audio. Perhaps the worst I've ever heard on youtube.

[zerekx]

don't clap yet!!! Yeah, those K's sound cool too. His most famous cymbal was a 20'' old A that had a piece cut out of it, kind glad I have some old big stamp 50's A's now too. old A's sound pretty damn good too, just made here in USA and not Turkish K's

[jazzrrl]

Congratulations who put this video,because we have to listen these profesionals.

I had those Ki'sistanbul he had that original sounds The man behind the Drums Mr.Mel Lewis!

[vova47]

I was there and remember this concert vividly. Walter Norris just joined the band after Roland Hanna had left and that in itself was very interesting and exciting. Thad always left a lot of space for piano to feel and Walter had quite a different concept than either Hank Jones or Roland. I got to hear that band many times that summer in Europe, traveling from one jazz festival to another.

Thanks for the memories of my favorite big band.

[Phattlippz]

Mel Lewis of Buffalo NY! Yeah!

[mrsticks28]

I got the story from Mel directly. He played a concert in Hartford in 1968, and that's when they dissapeared. I would have had those cymbals chained to my wrist!

[MarkR1957]

@mrsticks28 I heard from someone who claims to have known Mel that it might have been someone at The Vanguard. Any truth to that?

By the way, how did Mel let his cymbals get lifted?

You'd think he would have had an armed guard watching those beauties ~

[mrsticks28]

The K's were stolen in Hartford, CT. Knowing I was a drummer, every time I saw Mel, he would ask me if I heard anything about those cymbals. Sadly, I never did. Wonder who has them?

[chebeiker]

Lew Soloff, Jon Faddis, Stephen Furtado and Jim Bossy recorded with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis orch. on Sept. 1st 1972.

[chasefreak]

this would have been after 1971 because both Jon Faddis & Lew Soloff are in the trpt. section. Faddis did not join the band 'till '72 and Soloff left BS&T in '73