Mad Thad

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Released January 6, 1957 Mad Thad (1957) Olio (1957) Release date 6 January 1957 Genre Jazz		Length 46:14 Artist Thad Jones Label Mile End

Recorded December 24, 1956 January 6, 1957 Thad Jones albums The Magnificent Thad Jon, The Fabulous Thad Jon, Detroit – New York Junction, Motor City Scene, Greetings and Salutations

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Mad Thad is a Hardbop jazz album by Thad Jones recorded in 1957 for Period Records.

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

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

1Whisper Not5:25
2Quiet Sip8:45
3Ballad Medly7:22

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