(Level V) This is a tribute to Thad Jones. The piece captures the feeling of some of his greatest pieces, such as Don't Get Sassy, Mean What You Say, and A-That's Freedom. It begins as a Thadian, 16-bar blues in Ab. There is a large sprinkling of quotes from Thad's music throughout, including a 32-bar, "cut and paste" section of quotes shoe-horned into the form of the tune. Solos are piano, trombone 1 and trumpet 4. 8 Brass

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JIM McNEELY, known for a number of years as jazz pianist with jazz greats such as Stan Getz, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Phil Woods, Joe Henderson, David Liebman, and his own trio, the last few years have seen McNeely emerge as one of the preeminent jazz composer/arrangers on the scene today. Most recently, he rejoined the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (formerly Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra) as pianist and composer-in-residence. He is one of the primary arrangers for the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and his work with the European bands such as the West German Radio Big Band (Cologne), the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, U.M.O. (Helsinki), and the Danish Radio Big Band (Copenhagen) have helped him win international acclaim. Jim is also the Associate Musical Director of the BMI Composers' Workshop. He is resident artist in jazz studies at New York University.