JAZZ1959
JAZZ 1959 Tributes to Sidemen
THAD JONES の1959年 [36歳]
(Thaddeus Joseph Jones / 1923-03-28 MI, USA / 1986-08-20 Copenhagen, DENMARK, aged 63)
In 1959, Thad Jones (tp, flhrn. cor) and Mel Lewis (d) of 'THAD-MEL' had not yet performed together. Mel Lewis was still active on the West Coast, and it would be several years before he moved to NYC.

That year, Thad Jones was very active with the NYC-based Count Basie Orchestra. As a prodigy of the Jones family, he was self-taught on his instrument and could read a full score vertically from an early age. He was also in charge of arranging the band with Quincy Jones, which suggests he already had the ability to control a big band. In his later years, he was asked to lead the Basie Band.

His only leader album in 1959, 'MOTOR CITY SCENE', features Tommy Flanagan 'Tomifra' (p), fellow Basie band member Al Grey (tb), and his younger brother Elvin Jones (d). The performance is relaxed, as if he is taking a break from his busy big band activities.

As for 'A CHILD IS BORN', one of his masterpieces, the live performance in France, 'LIVE IN MARCIAC 1993', is very impressive. The scene where 'Tomifra' introduces the song in memory of his old friend, and the tender piano duo playing with brother Hank Jones, who is thinking of his younger brother, is very moving.
THAD JONES
LEADER SESSIONS: 1
SIDEMAN SESSIONS: 17
CONTRIBUTED LEADERS: 8
COUNT BASIE CURTIS FULLER HERB GELLER AL GREY BARRY HARRIS THELONIOUS MONK FRANK WESS ERNIE WILKINS

[BASIE SWINGS BENNETT SINGS ]
COUNT BASIE (p, #1,#3, ldr) RALPH SHARON (p, arr) EDDIE JONES (b) SONNY PAYNE (d) MARSHALL ROYAL (as) FRANK WESS (as) FRANK FOSTER (ts) BILLY MITCHELL (ts) CHARLIE FOWLKES (bar) THAD JONES (tp) SNOOKY YOUNG (tp) WENDELL CULLEY (tp) JOE NEWMAN (tp) BENNY POWELL (tb) HENRY COKER (tb) AL GREY (tb) FREDDIE GREEN (g) TONY BENNETT (vo)
[PROD.DIR.SPVR] TEDDY REIG
01/03, 01/05, 01/06, CAPITOL RECORDING STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, USA

[BASIE ONE MORE TIME ]
COUNT BASIE (p, ldr) EDDIE JONES (b) SONNY PAYNE (d) MARSHALL ROYAL (as, cl) FRANK WESS (as, ts, fl) FRANK FOSTER (ts) BILLY MITCHELL (ts) CHARLIE FOWLKES (bar) THAD JONES (tp) SNOOKY YOUNG (tp) WENDELL CULLEY (tp) JOE NEWMAN (tp) BENNY POWELL (tb) HENRY COKER (tb) AL GREY (tb) FREDDIE GREEN (g) QUINCY JONES (arr)
[PROD.DIR.SPVR] TEDDY REIG / RUDY TRAYLOR
01/24, , CHICAGO, USA

[AT FRESNO ]
COUNT BASIE (p, ldr) EDDIE JONES (b) SONNY PAYNE (d) MARSHALL ROYAL (as, cl) FRANK WESS (as, ts, fl) FRANK FOSTER (ts, arr) BILLY MITCHELL (ts) CHARLIE FOWLKES (bar) THAD JONES (tp, arr) SNOOKY YOUNG (tp) WENDELL CULLEY (tp) JOE NEWMAN (tp) BENNY POWELL (tb) HENRY COKER (tb) AL GREY (tb) FREDDIE GREEN (g, arr) NEAL HEFTI (arr)
[ENGR] WALLY HEIDER [PROD.DIR.SPVR] KARL EMIL KNUDSEN
04/24, , FRESO, CA, USA

[BASIE / ECKSTINE INCORPORATED ]
COUNT BASIE (p. #5, 7, 12, ldr) BOBBY TUCKER (p, arr) GEORGE DUVIVIER (b) SONNY PAYNE (d) MARSHALL ROYAL (as) FRANK WESS (as, fl) FRANK FOSTER (ts) BILLY MITCHELL (ts) CHARLIE FOWLKES (bar) THAD JONES (tp) SNOOKY YOUNG (tp) WENDELL CULLEY (tp) JOE NEWMAN (tp) BENNY POWELL (tb) HENRY COKER (tb) AL GREY (tb) FREDDIE GREEN (g) BILLY ECKSTINE (vo) QUINCY JONES (arr) BUDD JOHNSON (arr)
[PROD.DIR.SPVR] TEDDY REIG / MICHAEL CUSCUNA
05/22, 05/24, 07/28, , NEW YORK CITY, USA

[BREAKFAST DANCE AND BARBECUE ]
COUNT BASIE (p, ldr) EDDIE JONES (b) SONNY PAYNE (d) MARSHALL ROYAL (as) FRANK WESS (as, ts, fl) FRANK FOSTER (ts, arr) BILLY MITCHELL (ts) CHARLIE FOWLKES (bar) THAD JONES (tp, arr) SNOOKY YOUNG (tp) WENDELL CULLEY (tp) JOE NEWMAN (tp) HARRY EDISON (tp) BENNY POWELL (tb) HENRY COKER (tb) AL GREY (tb) FREDDIE GREEN (g) JOE WILLIAMS (vo) NEAL HEFTI (arr) NAT PIERCE (arr) ERNIE WILKINS (arr)
[ENGR] BILL SCHIPPS / TONY BRAINARD [PROD.DIR.SPVR] TEDDY REIG
05/31, THE AMERICANA HOTEL, MIAMI, USA

[5 BY MONK BY 5 ]
THELONIOUS MONK (p, ldr) SAM JONES (b) ART TAYLOR (d) CHARLIE ROUSE (ts) THAD JONES (cor)
[ENGR] JACK HIGGINS [PROD.DIR.SPVR] ORRIN KEEPNEWS
06/01, 06/02, , NEW YORK CITY, USA

[FROM JULE STYNE & STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S MUSIC FOR "GYPSY" ]
HANK JONES (p) SCOTT LaFARO (b) ELVIN JONES (d) HERB GELLER (as, ldr) THAD JONES (tp) BARBARA LONG (vo)
[ENGR] TOM DOWD / PHIL IEHLE [PROD.DIR.SPVR] NESUHI ERTEGUN
06/09, , NEW YORK CITY, USA

[FROM JULE STYNE & STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S MUSIC FOR "GYPSY" ]
BILLY TAYLOR (p) SCOTT LaFARO (b) ELVIN JONES (d) HERB GELLER (as, ldr) THAD JONES (tp) BARBARA LONG (vo)
[ENGR] TOM DOWD / PHIL IEHLE [PROD.DIR.SPVR] NESUHI ERTEGUN
06/10, , NEW YORK CITY, USA

[NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL 1959 ]
COUNT BASIE (p, ldr) EDDIE JONES (b) SONNY PAYNE (d) MARSHALL ROYAL (as) FRANK WESS (as, fl) FRANK FOSTER (ts) BILLY MITCHELL (ts) CHARLIE FOWLKES (bar) THAD JONES (tp) SNOOKY YOUNG (tp) WENDELL CULLEY (tp) JOE NEWMAN (tp) BENNY POWELL (tb) HENRY COKER (tb) AL GREY (tb) FREDDIE GREEN (g) JOE WILLIAMS (vo) LAMBERT-HENDRICKS-ROSS (vo)
[PROD.DIR.SPVR] GEORGE WEIN
07/02, FREEBODY PARK, NEW YORK CITY, USA

[EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES ]
COUNT BASIE (p, ldr) EDDIE JONES (b) SONNY PAYNE (d) MARSHALL ROYAL (as, cl) FRANK WESS (as,ts, fl) FRANK FOSTER (ts) BILLY MITCHELL (ts) CHARLIE FOWLKES (bar) JOHN ANDERSON (tp) THAD JONES (tp, arr) SNOOKY YOUNG (tp) JOE NEWMAN (tp) BENNY POWELL (tb) HENRY COKER (tb) AL GREY (tb) FREDDIE GREEN (g) JOE WILLIAMS (vo) QUINCY JONES (arr) BOBBY TUCKER (arr)
[PROD.DIR.SPVR] TEDDY REIG
09/24, 09/25, UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, CHICAGO, USA

[THE LAST OF THE BIG PLUNGERS ]
FLOYD MORRIS (p) EDDIE JONES (b) SONNY PAYNE (d) BILLY MITCHELL (ts) CHARLIE FOWLKES (bar) JOE NEWMAN (tp) AL GREY (tb, ldr) BENNY POWELL (tb) FRANK FOSTER (arr) THAD JONES (arr) NAT PIERCE (arr) CLARE FISCHER (arr)
[ENGR] MALCOLM CHISHOLM [PROD.DIR.SPVR] JACK TRACY
09/25, 09/28, TER-MAR RECORDING STUDIOS, CHICAGO, USA

[DANCE ALONG WITH BASIE ]
COUNT BASIE (p, ldr) EDDIE JONES (b) SONNY PAYNE (d) MARSHALL ROYAL (as, cl) FRANK WESS (as, ts, fl) FRANK FOSTER (ts) BILLY MITCHELL (ts) CHARLIE FOWLKES (bar) THAD JONES (tp) SNOOKY YOUNG (tp) JOE NEWMAN (tp) JOHN ANDERSON (tp) BENNY POWELL (tb) HENRY COKER (tb) AL GREY (tb) FREDDIE GREEN (g)
[PROD.DIR.SPVR] TEDDY REIG
10/16, 12/18, 12/28, 12/30, 12/31, , NEW YORK CITY, USA

[MOTOR CITY SCENE ]
TOMMY FLANAGAN (p) PAUL CHAMBERS (b) ELVIN JONES (d) BILLY MITCHELL (ts) THAD JONES (cor, flhrn, ldr) AL GREY (tb)
[ENGR] LEWIS MERRITT [PROD.DIR.SPVR] TOM WILSON
10/24, 10/31, NOLA RECORDING STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, USA

[LIVE IN 1958 AND 1959 ]
COUNT BASIE (p, ldr) EDDIE JONES (b) SONNY PAYNE (d) MARSHALL ROYAL (as, cl) FRANK WESS (as, ts, fl) FRANK FOSTER (ts) BILLY MITCHELL (ts) CHARLIE FOWLKES (bar) THAD JONES (tp) SNOOKY YOUNG (tp) JOE NEWMAN (tp) JOHN ANDERSON (tp) BENNY POWELL (tb) HENRY COKER (tb) AL GREY (tb) FREDDIE GREEN (g)
[PROD.DIR.SPVR] DAVE KAY
11/15, ARAGON BALLROOM, SANTA MONICA, USA

[OPUS DE BLUES ]
HANK JONES (p) EDDIE JONES (b) GUS JOHNSON (d) FRANK WESS (ts, fl, ldr) CHARLIE FOWLKES (bar) THAD JONES (tp) CURTIS FULLER (tb)
[ENGR] RUDY VAN GELDER [PROD.DIR.SPVR] OZZIE CADENA
12/08, VAN GELDER STUDIO, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, USA

[HERE COMES THE SWINGIN' MR. WILKINS ]
JIMMY JONES (p) EDDIE JONES (b) CHARLIE PERSIP (d) MARSHALL ROYAL (as, cl) FRANK WESS (as, ts, fl) BENNY GOLSON (ts) ZOOT SIMS (ts) CHARLIE FOWLKES (bar) THAD JONES (tp) JOE NEWMAN (tp) ERNIE ROYAL (tp) SNOOKY YOUNG (tp) PAUL FELICE (tb) AL GREY (tb) MICKEY GRAVINE (tb) JACK RAINS (tb) FREDDIE GREEN (g) EDDIE COSTA (vib) ERNIE WILKINS (cond, ldr)
12/09, , NEW YORK CITY, USA

[IMAGINATION ]
McCOY TYNER (p) JIMMY GARRISON (b) DAVE BAILEY (d) BENNY GOLSON (ts) THAD JONES (tp) CURTIS FULLER (tb, ldr)
[ENGR] RUDY VAN GELDER / MEDALLION STUDIOS / PAUL CADY [PROD.DIR.SPVR] HERMAN LUBINSKY
12/17, VAN GELDER STUDIO, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, USA

[THE BASIE-ITES / HOW HIGH THE MOON ]
BARRY HARRIS (p, ldr) EDDIE JONES (b) SONNY PAYNE (d) BILLY MITCHELL (ts) FRANK FOSTER (ts) FRANK WESS (fl) JOE NEWMAN (tp) THAD JONES (tp) AL GREY (tb) FREDDIE GREEN (g)
????, , DETROIT, USA
2023-04-20

A mandala diagram in which the leaders surround the sideman who made a great contribution to the JAZZ sessions in 1959.
 

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