Big Band Jazz. Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. 'Monday Night'

Sold Date: March 24, 2022
Start Date: April 9, 2019
Final Price: £20.00 (GBP)
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Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.  'Monday Night'   A Vinyl recording made at the Village Vanguard in 1968.

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra was a formed by trumpeter and drummer in around 1965. The band performed for twelve years in its original incarnation, including a 1972 tour of the during the height of the . The band won a for the album and in 2009 a for the album Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard. The collaboration ended in 1978 with Jones suddenly moving to , , after which the band became the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. Since the death of Lewis in 1990 it has been known as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. They have maintained a Monday-night residency at the jazz club in New York for five decades.


Side One:   Mornin' Reverend / Kids Are Pretty People / St. Louis Blues.

Side Two:   The Waltz You "Swang" For Me / Say It Softly / The Second Race.

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