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Potpourri is a 1974 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the Philadelphia International Records label. The album was nominated for a 1975 Grammy Award in the category, “Best Jazz Performance – Big Band” and Thad Jones’ arrangement of “Living for the City” was also nominated in the Best Instrumental Arrangement category that same year.

Track listing:
LP side A:

“Blues In A Minute” – 8:24
“All My Yesterdays” – 4:31
“Quiet Lady” – 7:31
“Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing” (Stevie Wonder) – 3:58

LP side B:

“For the Love of Money” (Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Anthony Jackson) – 4:12
“Yours and Mine” – 3:46
“Ambiance” (Marian McPartland; arranged by Jerry Dodgion) – 7:22
“Living for the City” (Stevie Wonder) – 4:24
All songs composed and arranged by Thad Jones except as indicated.

Personnel:
Thad Jones – flugelhorn
Mel Lewis – drums
Roland Hanna – piano
George Mraz – bass
Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute
Eddie Xiques – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
Billy Harper – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Ron Bridgewater – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Jon Faddis – trumpet
Jim Bossy – trumpet
Steve Furtado – trumpet
Cecil Bridgewater – trumpet
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Quentin Jackson – trombone
Billy Campbell – trombone
Cliff Heather – trombone
Buddy Lucas – harmonica, jaw harp

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Released: 1974
Recorded: June 1974
Studio: Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Length: 44:08
Label: Philadelphia International
Producer: Bobby Martin