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

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Live at the Village Vanguard
Live album by
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Released1967
Recorded1967 April, The Village Vanguard, New York City
GenreJazz
Length49:26
LabelSolid 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
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Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

Track listing

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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:

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

All songs by Thad Jones except as noted.

Personnel

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 799. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ LA Times awards database, link. Accessed 2008 April 28.
  4. ^ Village Vanguard Live Sessions at allmusic.com Accessed 2012 April 29.
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