title: Central Park North (album)
text: # Central Park North (album)
  
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  Central Park North is a 1969 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the Solid State Records label. The album was nominated for a 1969 Grammy award in the "Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group..." category. All tracks are also included on Mosaic's limited edition boxed set, The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All songs composed and arranged by Thad Jones except where indicated.
  
  LP side A:
  
  * "Tow Away Zone" – 4:25
  * "Quietude" – 4:03
  * "Jive Samba" (Nat Adderley) – 8:50
  
  LP side B:
  
  * "The Groove Merchant" (Jerome Richardson) – 5:04
  * "Big Dipper" – 5:52
  * "Central Park North" – 9:14
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Thad Jones – flugelhorn
  * Mel Lewis – drums
  * Roland Hanna – piano
  * Richard Davis – bass
  * Barry Galbraith – guitar
  * Sam Brown – guitar
  * Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone
  * Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
  * Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone
  * Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone
  * Joe Temperley – baritone saxophone
  * Snooky Young – trumpet
  * Richard Williams – trumpet
  * Danny Moore – trumpet
  * Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
  * Jimmy Knepper – trombone
  * Benny Powell – trombone
  * Eddie Bert – trombone
  * Cliff Heather – trombone
  
  ## References and external Links
  
  * ↑ Allmusic review
  * ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 799. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  * ↑ LA Times awards database, link. Accessed 2008 April 28.
  * Solid State SS-18058
  * Central Park North at:
     * Allmusic
     * discogs.com
  