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The Magnificent Thad Jones

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Released
  
January 1957

Artist
  
Thad Jones

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

The Magnificent Thad Jones (1956)
  
Mad Thad (1956-57)

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
July 9 & 14, 1956 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Length
  
38:06 original LP 49:37 CD reissue

Similar
  
Thad Jones albums, Jazz albums

Thad jones something to remember you by 1956


The Magnificent Thad Jones is an album by American jazz trumpeter Thad Jones featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Blue Note label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 5 stars stating "this quintet makes truly great jazz music together... The musicianship being at such a lofty plateau, so intelligently selected and executed, this CD is a must-have for every collection, and is generally regarded as the very best work of Jones, later big-band recordings with Mel Lewis notwithstanding".

Track listing

  1. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) - 6:43
  2. "Billie-Doo" (Thad Jones) - 7:30
  3. "If I Love Again" (Jack Murray, Ben Oakland) - 7:27
  4. "If Someone Had Told Me" (Peter DeRose, Charles Tobias) - 5:51
  5. "Thedia" (Jones) - 10:35
  6. "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 7:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
  7. "Something to Remember You By" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:53 Bonus track on CD reissue

Recorded on July 9 (#7) and 14 (all others), 1956.

Personnel

  • Thad Jones - trumpet
  • Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Burrell - guitar (track 7)
  • Barry Harris - piano
  • Percy Heath - bass
  • Max Roach - drums
  • Songs

    1April in Paris6:41
    2Billie-Doo7:30
    3If I Love Again7:27

    References

    The Magnificent Thad Jones Wikipedia