The Magnificent Thad Jones Explained

The Magnificent Thad Jones
Type:	Album
Artist:	the Magnificent Thad Jones
Cover:	The Magnificent Thad Jones.jpg
Released:	late 1956^[1] ^[2]
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	38:06 (LP) 49:37 (CD)
Label:	Blue Note BLP 1527
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Chronology:	Thad Jones
Prev Title:	Detroit-New York Junction
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	Mad Thad
Next Year:	1956-57

The Magnificent Thad Jones is an album by American jazz trumpeter Thad Jones recorded on July 14, 1956 and released on Blue Note later that year.^[3]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos states, "this quintet makes truly great jazz music together... The musicianship being at such a lofty plateau, so intelligently selected and executed, this CD is a must-have for every collection, and is generally regarded as the very best work of Jones, later big-band recordings with Mel Lewis notwithstanding."^[4]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) – 6:43
2. "Billie-Doo" (Thad Jones) – 7:30
3. "If I Love Again" (Jack Murray, Ben Oakland) – 7:27

Side 2

1. "If Someone Had Told Me" (Peter DeRose, Charles Tobias) – 5:51
2. "Thedia" (Jones) – 10:35

CD bonus tracks

6. "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 7:38
7. "Something to Remember You By" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:53

• Recorded on July 9 (#7) and 14 (all others), 1956.

Personnel

Musicians

• Thad Jones – trumpet
• Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
• Kenny Burrell – guitar ("Something to Remember You By")
• Barry Harris – piano
• Percy Heath – bass
• Max Roach – drums

Technical personnel

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
• Reid Miles – design
• Francis Wolff – photography
• Leonard Feather – liner notes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Blue Note Records Catalog: 1500 series - album index. Jazzdisco.org.
2. Web site: Billboard. PDF. January 12, 1957. Americanradiohistory.com.
3. Web site: Blue Note discography. Jazzdisco.org. December 26, 2010.
4. Nastos, M. G. Review, AllMusic, accessed December 26, 2010