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

For similarly titled albums, see Live at the Village Vanguard.

Live at the Village Vanguard

Live album by Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

Recorded

1967 April, The Village Vanguard, New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

49:26

Label

Solid State

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology

Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis,...
(1966)

Live at the Village Vanguard
(1967)

Jazz Casual,...
(1968)

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LRC Ltd CD re-issue

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Laserlight CD re-issue

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Track listing

LP side A:

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

LP side B:

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

Bonus tracks added to later Blue Note CD reissue:

"Quietude" – 4:48
"The Second Race" – 9:37
"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

References and external Links

↑ Allmusic review
↑ LA Times awards database, link. Accessed 2008 April 28.
↑ Village Vanguard Live Sessions at allmusic.com Accessed 2012 April 29.

Live at the Village Vanguard at discogs.com
Allmusic
Solid State SS-18016
Blue Note 60438

Thad Jones and Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

Thad Jones Mel Lewis

Albums	Opening Night Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra Live at the Village Vanguard Jazz Casual The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis featuring Miss Ruth Brown Monday Night Central Park North Basle, 1969 Consummation Live in Tokyo Potpourri Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica Suite for Pops New Life Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra With Rhoda Scott/Rhoda Scott in New York... Live in Munich It Only Happens Every Time,...with Monica Zetterlund Body and Soul (Live in Berlin) A Touch of Class

Compilations	The Blue Note Reissue Series: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (Mosaic) In Europe The Complete Poland Concerts 1976 & 1978

Jones / Lewis as guest bandleaders	Greetings and Salutations (with the Swedish Radio Jazz Group) Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and UMO (with the UMO Jazz Orchestra)

Video recordings	Jazz Casual – Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and Woody Herman and His Swinging Herd

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