Opening Night (album)
Opening Night | ||||
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Released | 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1966 February 7, The Village Vanguard, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 71:55 | |||
Label | Alan Grant Presents (AGP); Resonance Records | |||
Producer | Alan Grant | |||
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology | ||||
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Opening Night 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 1966. This was the first performance of the group at this club although the recording was not released until 2000.[2] A 50-year tradition for Monday nights at the Village Vanguard began from this first evening for the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra which later became the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and eventually the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Resonance Records released what they term an "official release", approved by the Jones and Lewis estates, in 2016.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Thad Jones, except as indicated.
- Introduction (Mel Lewis & Alan Grant) – 1:50
- "Big Dipper" – 5:10
- "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 3:47
- "Once Around" – 12:37
- "All My Yesterdays" – 4:08
- "Morning Reverend" – 4:50
- "Low Down" – 4:25
- "Lover Man" (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) – 5:08
- "Mean What You Say" – 5:35
- "Don't Ever Leave Me" – 4:15
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ronell) – 6:25
- "The Little Pixie" – 13:45
Personnel
- Thad Jones – flugelhorn
- Mel Lewis – drums
- Hank Jones – piano
- Richard Davis – bass
- Sam Herman – guitar
- Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
- Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
- Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
- Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
- Snooky Young – trumpet
- Jimmy Owens – trumpet
- Bill Berry – trumpet
- Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
- Bob Brookmeyer – trombone
- Jack Rains – trombone
- Garnett Brown – trombone
- Cliff Heather – trombone
References / external links
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- [All My Yesterdays / Opening Night]
- Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra
- Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra
- Live at the Village Vanguard
- Jazz Casual
- The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis featuring Miss Ruth Brown
- Monday Night
- Central Park North
- Basle, 1969
- Consummation
- Live in Tokyo
- Potpourri
- Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica
- Suite for Pops
- New Life
- Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra with Rhoda Scott/Rhoda Scott in New York...
- Live in Munich
- It Only Happens Every Time,...with Monica Zetterlund
- Body and Soul (Live in Berlin)
- A Touch of Class
- Village Vanguard Live Sessions 3
- The Blue Note Reissue Series: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis
- The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (Mosaic)
- In Europe
- The Complete Poland Concerts 1976 & 1978
guest bandleaders
- Greetings and Salutations (with the Swedish Radio Jazz Group)
- Thad Jones, Mel Lewis and UMO (with the UMO Jazz Orchestra)
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