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Thad Jones was born in Pontiac, Michigan, to Henry and Olivia Jones, a musical family of 10 (an older brother was pianist Hank Jones and a younger brother was drummer Elvin Jones).
The Fabulous Thad Jones (Debut DLP-12) was initially released with a total of 6 tracks recorded on 11 August 1954. The 12 inch LP version, Thad Jones (Debut DEB 127), included an additional 4 tracks taken from a 10 March 1955 recording session that had previously been released as Thad Jones/Charles Mingus - Jazz Collaborations, Vol. 1 (Debut DLP 17).
Consummation is an album by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra.It was released in 1970 on Blue Note Records and re-released in 2002. It was recorded at A&R Studios in New York City.
Monica Zetterlund – vocals; Thad Jones – flugelhorn; Mel Lewis – drums; Harold Danko – piano; Rufus Reid – bass; Jerry Dodgion – saxophone, flute; Ed Xiques – saxophone, flute, clarinet
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.
Thad Jones – flugelhorn; Mel Lewis – drums; Roland Hanna – piano; Richard Davis – bass; Barry Galbraith – guitar; Sam Brown – guitar; Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone; Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
The recording session was one of Tommy Flanagan's first recording sessions after he moved to New York City in 1956, and came one day after the pianist played with the same rhythm section for a Blue Note session led by Kenny Burrell.
Scott Yanow of Allmusic called the band a "high-quality hard bop unit" and stated "Jones and Adams always made for a potent team, but the rise of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra meant that this particular quintet only lasted a short time".