Mad Thad
# Mad Thad

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Mad Thad is a Hardbop jazz album by Thad Jones recorded in 1957 for Period Records.

## Track listing

* Whisper Not (Benny Golson) – 5:35
* Quiet Sip (Thad Jones) – 9:01
* Ballad Medley:
   * Flamingo (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) – 1:59
   * If You Were Mine (Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck) – 1:31
   * I'm Through With Love (Johnny Mercer, Gus Kahn and Joseph A. "Fud" Livingston) – 1:40
   * Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:10
* Cat Meets Chick (Leonard Feather) – 5:22
* Bird Song (Thad Jones) – 8:21
* Jumping For Jane (Jane Feather) – 5:31
* Mad Thad (Quincy Jones) – 4:39

## Personnel

24 December 1956 Session: (Tracks 1,6,7)

* Thad Jones – Trumpet, Composer
* Jimmy Jones – Piano
* Frank Foster – Sax, (Tenor)
* Doug Watkins – Bass
* Jo Jones – Drums
* Quincy Jones – Arranger, Conductor on 1,7

6 January 1957 Session: (Tracks 2,3,4,5)

* Thad Jones – Trumpet, Composer
* Frank Wess – Sax, (Tenor), Flute
* Henry Coker – Trombone
* Tommy Flanagan – Piano
* Jimmy Jones – Piano
* Eddie Jones – Bass
* Elvin Jones – Drums
