The Magnificent Thad Jones

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]

The Magnificent Thad Jones
Studio album by
Releasedlate 1956[1][2]
Recorded
  • July 14, 1956
  • July 9, 1956 ("Something to Remember You By")
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length38:06 (LP)
49:37 (CD)
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1527
ProducerAlfred Lion
Thad Jones chronology
Detroit-New York Junction
(1956)
The Magnificent Thad Jones
(1956)
Mad Thad
(1956-57)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [5]

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

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Side 1

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  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

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

CD bonus tracks

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  1. "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 7:38
  2. "Something to Remember You By" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:53
  • Recorded on July 9 (#7) and 14 (all others), 1956.

Personnel

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Musicians

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Technical personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Blue Note Records Catalog: 1500 series - album index". Jazzdisco.org.
  2. ^ "Billboard" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com. January 12, 1957.
  3. ^ "Blue Note discography". Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  4. ^ a b Nastos, M. G. Review, AllMusic, accessed December 26, 2010
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 799. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.