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