The Magnificent Thad Jones

The Magnificent Thad Jones is an album by American jazz trumpeter Thad Jones featuring performances recorded in 1956 and released on the Blue Note label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 5 stars stating "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".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Thad Jones except as indicated

1. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) - 6:37
2. "Billie-Doo" - 7:25
3. "If I Love Again" (Jack Murray, Ben Oakland) - 7:23
4. "If Someone Had Told Me" (Peter DeRose Charles Tobias) - 5:48
5. "Thedia" - 10:30
6. "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 7:34 Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "Something to Remember You By" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:50 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on July 14, 1956

Personnel

• Thad Jones - trumpet
• Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
• Barry Harris - piano
• Percy Heath - bass
• Max Roach - drums

References