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.LA Times awards database, link. Accessed 2008 April 28. 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.Village Vanguard Live Sessions at allmusic.com Accessed 2012 April 29.
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
External links Live at the Village Vanguard at discogs.com [ Allmusic]