Mad Thad Explained

Mad Thad
Type:	Album
Artist:	Thad Jones
Cover:	ThadJones_MadThad_300.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	December 24, 1956 January 6, 1957
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	46:14
Label:	Period
Chronology:	Thad Jones
Prev Title:	The Magnificent Thad Jones
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	The Jones Boys
Next Year:	1957

Mad Thad is a Hardbop jazz album by Thad Jones recorded in 1957 for Period Records.

Track listing

1. Whisper Not (Benny Golson) – 5:35
2. Quiet Sip (Thad Jones) – 9:01
3. Ballad Medley:
   • Flamingo (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) – 1:59
   • If You Were Mine (Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck) – 1:31
   • I'm Through With Love (Johnny Mercer, Gus Kahn and Joseph A. "Fud" Livingston) – 1:40
   • Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:10
4. Cat Meets Chick (Leonard Feather) – 5:22
5. Bird Song (Thad Jones) – 8:21
6. Jumping For Jane (Jane Feather) – 5:31
7. Mad Thad (Quincy Jones) – 4:39

Personnel

24 December 1956 Session: (Tracks 1,6,7)

• Thad Jones – Trumpet, Composer
• Jimmy Jones – Piano
• Frank Foster – Sax, (Tenor)
• Doug Watkins – Bass
• Jo Jones – Drums
• Quincy Jones – Arranger, Conductor on 1,7

6 January 1957 Session: (Tracks 2,3,4,5)

• Thad Jones – Trumpet, Composer
• Frank Wess – Sax, (Tenor), Flute
• Henry Coker – Trombone
• Tommy Flanagan – Piano
• Jimmy Jones – Piano
• Eddie Jones – Bass
• Elvin Jones – Drums

External links

• Original Jazz Classics (Concord Music Group) 1999 CD re-issue: concordmusicgroup.com/...