Jazz Casual – Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and Woody Herman and His Swinging Herd DVD of the Jones/Lewis Orchestra tracks combined with the 1961 appearance of the Dave Brubeck Quartet and the 1962 Modern Jazz Quartet appearance and another DVD including all 3 Woody Herman appearances from 1963 and 1964 which were both also part of an 8 DVD complete set of all 28 "Jazz Casual" TV episodes.) Tracks 1-6: Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra <br> Tracks 7-14: Woody Herman and his Swinging Herd Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra: Woody Herman and his Swinging Herd: Jazz Casual – Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and Woody Herman and His Swinging Herd Jazz
Leader of the Band Leader of the Band "Leader of the Band" is a song written by Dan Fogelberg from his 1981 album "The Innocent Age". The song was written as a tribute to his father, Lawrence Fogelberg, a musician and the leader of a band, who was still alive at the time the song was released. Lawrence died in August 1982, but not before this hit song made him a celebrity with numerous media interviews interested in him as its inspiration. Released as a single at the end of 1981, the tribute peaked at #9 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in March