🎷 AotW: Jazz Thad Jones - MAD THAD

[Captain Bacardi]

Thad Jones
MAD THAD
Period Records/Fantasy Records

Released 1957

Produced by Leonard Feather
Arranged and Conducted by Quincy Jones

Songs:

1. Whisper Not (Benny Golson) - 5:35
2. Quiet Sip (Thad Jones) - 9:01
3. Ballad Medley: *

Flamingo (Grouya/Anderson) - 1:59
If You Were Mine (Mercer/Malneck) - 1:31
I'm Through With Love (Malneck/Kahn/Livingston) - 1:40
Love Walked In (G. Gershwin/I. Gershwin) - 2:10​

4. Cat Meets Chick (Leonard Feather) - 5:22
5. Bird Song (Thad Jones) - 8:21
6. Jumping For Jane (Leonard Feather) - 5:31
7. Mad Thad (Quincy Jones) - 4:39

* - Bonus CD Track​

Musicians:
Thad Jones - Trumpet
with
Tracks 1, 6, 7 (Recorded December 24, 1956):
Frank Foster - Tenor Sax
Jimmy Jones - Piano
Doug Watkins - Bass
Jo Jones - Drums

Tracks 2-5 (Recorded January 6, 1957):
Frank Wess - Tenor Sax, Flute
Henry Coker - Trombone
Tommy Flanagan - Piano
Eddie Jones - Bass
Elvin Jones - Drums

Recorded by Jerry Newman at Esoteric Sound Studios, New York City
Liner notes by Leonard Feather


Available at Amazon.com (with song samples): http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Thad-Digi...392357496&sr=1-2&keywords=thad+jones+mad+thad





Capt. Bacardi

 

[Captain Bacardi]

For the longest time I had only heard Thad Jones in a big band setting. So this album was a bit of a departure at first. This is pretty much a laid back, straight-ahead blowing session. Thad pretty much just plays a muted trumpet on all tracks. He plays some pretty thoughtful lines on his solos, never really getting crazy and it works well in this setting. Of the two different groups that he fronts I naturally prefer the group on tracks 2-5, where the underrated Henry Coker appears on trombone, as does younger brother Elvin on drums. Thad's two compositions are the highlights of this album. A very nice album.



Capt. Bacardi