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Opening Night (album)

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Released
  
2000

Label
  
Alan Grant Presents

Release date
  
2000

Length
  
71:55

Producer
  
Alan Grant

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
1966 February 7, The Village Vanguard, New York City

Opening Night (1966)
  
Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra (1966)

Artist
  
The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

Similar
  
A Touch of Class, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orc, Presenting Thad Jones/Me, Basle - 1969, The Big Band Sound of

Opening Night is a big band jazz recording of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra playing at the Village Vanguard club in New York City in February 1966. This was the first performance of the group at this club although the recording was not released until 2000. A 50-year tradition for Monday nights at the Village Vanguard began from this first evening for the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra which later became the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and eventually the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Introduction (Mel Lewis & Alan Grant) – 1:50
  2. "Big Dipper" – 5:10
  3. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 3:47
  4. "Once Around" – 12:37
  5. "All My Yesterdays" – 4:08
  6. "Morning Reverend" – 4:50
  7. "Low Down" – 4:25
  8. "Lover Man" (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) – 5:08
  9. "Mean What You Say" – 5:35
  10. "Don't Ever Leave Me" – 4:15
  11. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ronell) – 6:25
  12. "The Little Pixie" – 13:45

All songs composed by Thad Jones except as noted.

Personnel

  • Thad Jones – flugelhorn
  • Mel Lewis – drums
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Sam Herman – guitar
  • Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
  • Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
  • Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
  • Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Snooky Young – trumpet
  • Jimmy Owens – trumpet
  • Bill Berry – trumpet
  • Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
  • Bob Brookmeyer – trombone
  • Jack Rains – trombone
  • Garnett Brown – trombone
  • Cliff Heather – trombone

    • References

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