The Magnificent Thad Jones

The Magnificent Thad Jones
The Magnificent Thad Jones
Studio album by Thad Jones
Released	January 1957
Recorded	July 9 & 14, 1956; Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:06 original LP; 49:37 CD reissue
Label	Blue Note; BLP 1527
Producer	Alfred Lion
Thad Jones chronology

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.^[2]

Reception[]

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".^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]
‘’Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]

Track listing[]

"April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) - 6:43
"Billie-Doo" (Thad Jones) - 7:30
"If I Love Again" (, Ben Oakland) - 7:27
"If Someone Had Told Me" (Peter DeRose, Charles Tobias) - 5:51
"Thedia" (Jones) - 10:35
"I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 7:38 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Something to Remember You By" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:53 Bonus track on CD reissue

Recorded on July 9 (#7) and 14 (all others), 1956.

Personnel[]

References[]

^ Billboard Jan 12, 1957
^ Blue Note discography accessed December 26, 2010
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed December 26, 2010
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 799. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[1] Billboard Jan 12, 1957

[Blue_Note_discography-2] Blue Note discography accessed December 26, 2010

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed December 26, 2010

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 799. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[5] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

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