Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra is a 1966 big band jazz album recorded by Joe Williams with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the Solid State Records label.
Track listing LP side A: "Get Out of My Life Woman" (Toussaint) – 3:21 "Woman's Got Soul" (Mayfield) – 2:22 "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning" (Delaney, Delaney) – 4:30 "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Razaf, Redman) – 2:52 "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Dozier, Holland, Holland) – 2:32 "Keep Your Hand on Your Heart" (Broonzy) – 3:37 LP side B: "Evil Man Blues" (Feather, Hampton) – 3:26 "Come Sunday" (Ellington) – 3:16 "Smack Dab in the Middle" (Calhoun) – 3:29 "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Mills) – 3:04 "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Charles) – 3:01 "Night Time Is the Right Time (to Be With the One You Love)" (Sykes) – 5:13
Personnel Joe Williams – vocals Thad Jones – flugelhorn Mel Lewis – drums Richard Davis – bass guitar Roland Hanna – piano Sam Herman – guitar Jerome Richardson – saxophone Jerry Dodgion – saxophone Joe Farrell – saxophone Eddie Daniels – saxophone Pepper Adams – saxophone Richard Williams – trumpet Bill Berry – trumpet Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet Snooky Young – trumpet Bob Brookmeyer – trombone Garnett Brown – trombone Tom McIntosh – trombone Cliff Heather – trombone
References and external links Solid State SS-18008 Allmusic, Scott Yanow review ([ link])