All My Yesterdays is a big band jazz recording of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra playing at the Village Vanguard club in New York City in February and March 1966. The February 7 tracks are the first recordings of the group at this club although the recording was not released until 2016. A 50-year tradition for Monday nights at the Village Vanguard began from this first evening for the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra which later became the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and eventually the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.
The release includes a 92-page book, featuring rare, previously unpublished photos, essays, interviews and memoirs."1966 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra two-CD set to be released on Resonance Records" Crowley, Léan, jazziz.com, 2016 January 27
Track listing Disc 1 "Back Bone" – 13:22 "All My Yesterdays" 4:22 "Big Dipper" – 5:51 "Mornin' Reverend" – 4:49 "The Little Pixie" – 14:25 "Big Dipper" (alt. take) – 5:44
Disc 2 "Low Down" – 4:38 "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) – 5:25 "Ah, That's Freedom" – 10:08 "Don't Ever Leave Me" – 4:28 "Willow Weep for Me" (Ronell) – 6:15 "Mean What You Say" – 5:51 "Once Around" – 12:45 "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 4:02 "Mornin' Reverend" – 5:49 "All My Yesterdays" – 4:25 "Back Bone" – 12:59
All songs composed by Thad Jones except as noted
Personnel Thad Jones – flugelhorn Mel Lewis – drums Hank Jones – piano Richard Davis – bass Sam Herman – guitar Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone Snooky Young – trumpet Jimmy Owens – trumpet Bill Berry – trumpet Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet Bob Brookmeyer – trombone Jack Rains – trombone Garnett Brown – trombone Cliff Heather – trombone
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