title: Greetings and Salutations
text: # Greetings and Salutations
  
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  Greetings and Salutations is a 1975 big band jazz album recorded by the Swedish Radio Jazz Group with Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and Jon Faddis as guest bandleader / performers. The album was nominated for a 1978 Grammy award in the Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Big Band category.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "61st And Rich'it" – 8:15
  * "The Waltz You Swang For Me" – 7:23
  * "Forever Lasting" – 6:59
  * "Love To One" – 4:19
  * "Greetings And Salutations" – 13:37
  
  additional bonus tracks on reissues (from 1977 recording session):
  
      6. "Mach 2" (Scott) – 4:52
      7. "Rhoda's Map" – 5:04
      8. "My Centennial" – 9:48
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Original 1975 recording session (tracks 1~5):
  
  * Thad Jones – cornet
  * Jon Faddis – trumpet
  * Americo Bellotto – trumpet
  * Bertil Lövgren – trumpet
  * Jan Allan – trumpet
  * Torgny Nilsson – trombone
  * Lars Olofsson – trombone
  * Bengt Edwardsson – trombone
  * Sven Larson – trombone
  * Lennart Åberg – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  * Claes Rosendahl – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
  * Erik Nilsson – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
  * Wåge Finer – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
  * Rune Falk – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  * Håkan Nyquist – French horn
  * Sven Åke Landström – French horn
  * Kurt Puke – French horn
  * Bengt Olsson – French horn
  * Bo Juhlin – tuba
  * Rune Gustafsson – guitar
  * Bengt Hallberg – piano, electric piano
  * Georg Riedel – bass
  * Stefan Brolund – electric bass
  * Egil Johansen – drums
  * Mel Lewis – drums
  
  1977 recording session (bonus tracks 6~8):
  
  * Thad Jones – cornet
  * Mel Lewis – drums
  * Al Porcino – trumpet
  * Arne Domnérus – reeds
  * Bernt Rosengren – reeds
  