All My Yesterdays Explained

All My Yesterdays
Type:	live album
Artist:	Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Cover:	ThadJonesMelLewisJazzOrchestra_AllMyYesterdays.jpg
Released:	2016 February 19
Recorded:	1966 February 7 and 1966 March 21 The Village Vanguard, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	2:05:16
Label:	Resonance
Producer:	George Klabin, Zed Feldman, Chris Smith
Next Title:	Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra
Next Year:	1966

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The release includes a 92-page book, featuring rare, previously unpublished photos, essays, interviews and memoirs.^[1]

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Back Bone" – 13:22
2. "All My Yesterdays" 4:22
3. "Big Dipper" – 5:51
4. "Mornin' Reverend" – 4:49
5. "The Little Pixie" – 14:25
6. "Big Dipper" (alt. take) – 5:44

Disc 2

1. "Low Down" – 4:38
2. "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) – 5:25
3. "Ah, That's Freedom" – 10:08
4. "Don't Ever Leave Me" – 4:28
5. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ronell) – 6:15
6. "Mean What You Say" – 5:51
7. "Once Around" – 12:45
8. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 4:02
9. "Mornin' Reverend" – 5:49
10. "All My Yesterdays" – 4:25
11. "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

Notes and References

1. "1966 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra two-CD set to be released on Resonance Records" Crowley, Léan, jazziz.com, 2016 January 27