United Artists Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Live At The Village Vanguard
| Recorded | Apr 28, 1967 |
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| Label | United Artists Records |
| Released | 1967 |
| Personnel | 19 credited players |
| Discogs | master 255561 |
The record
Recorded a year into the band's Village Vanguard residency, this set catches an eighteen-piece outfit already sounding like a working unit rather than a pickup date. Pepper Adams and Joe Farrell cut sharp lines through Jones's dense, brass-heavy voicings.
Session personnel
- Richard Davis — bass
- Cliff Heather — bass trombone
- Pepper Adams — clarinet, baritone saxophone
- Eddie Daniels — clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Thad Jones — cornet
- Mel Lewis — drums
- Jerry Dodgion — flute, alto saxophone
- Joe Farrell — flute, tenor saxophone
- Sam Herman — guitar
- Roland Hanna — piano
- Jerome Richardson — soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Bob Brookmeyer — trombone
- Garnett Brown — trombone
- Tom McIntosh — trombone
- Bill Berry — trumpet
- Jimmy Nottingham — trumpet
- Marvin Stamm — trumpet
- Richard Williams — trumpet
- Snooky Young — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 18 pressings on file.
| 1967 | Solid State Records (2) · SM 17016 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, gatefold cover earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1967 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 18016 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1967 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 18016 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1967 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 18016 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1967 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 18016 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · gatefold |
| 1967 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 18016 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1968 | Solid State Records (2) · UAS 18016 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1968 | Solid State Records (2) · SR 3015 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1968 | Solid State Records (2) · USS 7008 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1968 | Solid State Records (2) · UAS 18016 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1975 | United Artists Records · GP 3023 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 2005 | Blue Note · 7243 5 60438 2 4 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 2005 | Blue Note · 7243 5 60439 2 3 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2005 | Blue Note · 7243 5 60439 2 3 — CD, Album, Copy Protected, Reissue, Remastered |
Follow the players
Richard Davis also plays on
Cliff Heather also plays on
Pepper Adams also plays on