All My Yesterdays
# All My Yesterdays

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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. 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.

The release includes a 92-page book, featuring rare, previously unpublished photos, essays, interviews and memoirs.

## Track listing

Disc 1

* "Back Bone" – 13:22
* "All My Yesterdays" 4:22
* "Big Dipper" – 5:51
* "Mornin' Reverend" – 4:49
* "The Little Pixie" – 14:25
* "Big Dipper" (alt. take) – 5:44

Disc 2

* "Low Down" – 4:38
* "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) – 5:25
* "Ah, That's Freedom" – 10:08
* "Don't Ever Leave Me" – 4:28
* "Willow Weep for Me" (Ronell) – 6:15
* "Mean What You Say" – 5:51
* "Once Around" – 12:45
* "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 4:02
* "Mornin' Reverend" – 5:49
* "All My Yesterdays" – 4:25
* "Back Bone" – 12:59

All songs composed by Thad Jones except as noted

## 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

* ↑ Allmusic review by Matt Collar
* ↑ "1966 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra two-CD set to be released on Resonance Records" Crowley, Léan, jazziz.com, 2016 January 27
