Live at the Village Vanguard (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra album) explained

Live at the Village Vanguard is a 1967 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the Solid State Records label. The album was nominated for a 1967 Grammy award in the "Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group..." category.^[1] All tracks are also included on Mosaic's limited edition boxed set, The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and seven tracks were also re-issued in the 1990s on CD as Volume 3 of LRC Ltd.'s (and Laserlight's) series Village Vanguard Live Sessions.^[2]

Track listing

LP side A:

1. "The Little Pixie" – 10:34
2. "A- That's Freedom" (H. Jones) – 7:01
3. "Bachafillen" (Brown) – 7:08

LP side B:

1. "Don't Git Sassy" – 7:22
2. "Willow Tree" (Razaf, Waller) – 5:04
3. "Samba Con Getchu" (Brookmeyer) – 12:17

Bonus tracks added to later Blue Note CD reissue:

7. "Quietude" – 4:48
8. "The Second Race" – 9:37
9. "Lover Man" (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) – 4:53

All songs by Thad Jones except as noted.

Personnel

• Thad Jones – flugelhorn
• Mel Lewis – drums
• Roland Hanna – piano
• Richard Davis – bass
• Sam Herman – guitar
• Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute
• Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute
• Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, flute
• Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone, clarinet
• Richard Williams – trumpet
• Bill Berry – trumpet
• Snooky Young – trumpet
• Marvin Stamm – trumpet
• Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
• Bob Brookmeyer – trombone
• Garnett Brown – trombone
• Tom McIntosh – trombone
• Cliff Heather – trombone

External links

• Live at the Village Vanguard at discogs.com
• [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r141893|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]

Notes and References

1. [Los Angeles Times|LA Times]
2. Village Vanguard Live Sessions at allmusic.com Accessed 2012 April 29.