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The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

jazz big band formed by trumpeter Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis
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The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

Summary

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra's genre is jazz[4].
  • The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra's record label is recorded as Blue Note[5].
  • The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra's record label is recorded as RCA[6].
  • The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra's discography is recorded as Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra discography[7].
  • The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra's location of formation is recorded as New York City[9].
  • The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra's official website is recorded as http://www.vanguardjazzorchestra.com/[10].
  • The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra's start of work period is recorded as 1965[11].
  • The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra'}[12].
  • The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra'}[13].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[14]

  • Country: US[15]

  • Began / founded: 1966[16]

  • Genre(s): jazz[17]

  • Community tags: jazz[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 94d1f588-36d5-478c-8f32-8b27f2785617[19]

Body

Founding

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra's location of formation is recorded as New York City[9].

Why It Matters

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Blue Note New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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