Solid State Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Presenting Thad Jones • Mel Lewis & "The Jazz Orchestra"
| Recorded | May 1966 |
|---|---|
| Label | Solid State Records |
| Released | 1966 |
| Personnel | 18 credited players |
| Discogs | master 422868 |
The record
This Monday-night big band made its recorded debut here in 1966, Thad Jones's writing and Mel Lewis's drumming setting the template for everything that followed. Hank Jones and a deep reed section built around Jerome Richardson and Jerry Dodgion give the charts their punch.
Session personnel
- Richard Davis — bass
- Mel Lewis — drums, liner notes
- Thad Jones — flugelhorn, liner notes
- Sam Herman — guitar
- Hank Jones — piano
- Eddie Daniels — saxophone
- Jerome Richardson — saxophone
- Jerry Dodgion — saxophone
- Joe Farrell — saxophone
- Pepper Adams — saxophone
- Bob Brookmeyer — trombone
- Cliff Heather — trombone
- Jack Raines — trombone
- Tom McIntosh — trombone
- Bill Berry — trumpet
- Danny Stiles — trumpet
- Jimmy Nottingham — trumpet
- Richard Williams — 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 20 pressings on file.
| 1966 | Solid State Records (2) · SM 17003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1966 | Solid State Records — STEREO |
| 1966 | Solid State Records (2) · YS-773-US — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1966 | Solid State Records (2) · SMAS-90890 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo |
| 1966 | United Artists Records · ULP1169 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1966 | Solid State Records (2) · UAC 1803 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album |
| 1966 | Solid State Records (2) · MAS-90890 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Mono · gatefold |
| 1966 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 18003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1966 | United Artists Records · UAS 18003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1966 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 18003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo |
| 1966 | Solid State Records (2) · SM 17003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1966 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 18003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1966 | Solid State Records (2) · SM 18003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1966 | Solid State Records (2) · SS 18003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Monarch Pressing, Gatefold · gatefold |
Follow the players
Richard Davis also plays on
Mel Lewis also plays on
Thad Jones also plays on