Mad Thad is a hardbop jazz album by Thad Jones recorded in 1957 for Period Records.
Track listing Whisper Not (Benny Golson) – 5:35 Quiet Sip (Thad Jones) – 9:01 Ballad Medley: Flamingo (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) – 1:59 If You Were Mine (Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck) – 1:31 I'm Through With Love (Johnny Mercer, Gus Kahn and Joseph A. "Fud" Livingston) – 1:40 Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:10 Cat Meets Chick (Leonard Feather) – 5:22 Bird Song (Thad Jones) – 8:21 Jumping For Jane (Jane Feather) – 5:31 Mad Thad (Quincy Jones) – 4:39
Personnel 24 December 1956 Session: (Tracks 1,6,7) Thad Jones – Trumpet, Composer Jimmy Jones – Piano Frank Foster – Sax, (Tenor) Doug Watkins – Bass Jo Jones – Drums Quincy Jones – Arranger, Conductor on 1,7
6 January 1957 Session: (Tracks 2,3,4,5) Thad Jones – Trumpet, Composer Frank Wess – Sax, (Tenor), Flute Henry Coker – Trombone Tommy Flanagan – Piano Jimmy Jones – Piano Eddie Jones – Bass Elvin Jones – Drums
References
External links Original Jazz Classics (Concord Music Group) 1999 CD re-issue: concordmusicgroup.com/...