Live at the Village Vanguard (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra album)

Live at the Village Vanguard is a 1967 big band jazz album recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the Solid State Records label. The album was nominated for a 1967 Grammy award in the "Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group..." category. All tracks are also included on Mosaic's limited edition boxed set, The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and seven tracks were also re-issued in the 1990s on CD as Volume 3 of LRC Ltd.'s (and Laserlight's) series Village Vanguard Live Sessions.

Track listing
LP side A: LP side B: Bonus tracks added to later Blue Note CD reissue:
 * 1) "The Little Pixie" – 10:34
 * 2) "A- That's Freedom" (H. Jones) – 7:01
 * 3) "Bachafillen" (Brown) – 7:08
 * 1) "Don't Git Sassy" – 7:22
 * 2) "Willow Tree" (Razaf, Waller) – 5:04
 * 3) "Samba Con Getchu" (Brookmeyer) – 12:17
 * 1) "Quietude" – 4:48
 * 2) "The Second Race" – 9:37
 * 3) "Lover Man" (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) – 4:53

All songs by Thad Jones except as noted.

Personnel

 * Thad Jones – flugelhorn
 * Mel Lewis – drums
 * Roland Hanna – piano
 * Richard Davis – bass
 * Sam Herman – guitar
 * Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute
 * Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute
 * Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, flute
 * Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone, clarinet
 * Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone, clarinet
 * Richard Williams – trumpet
 * Bill Berry – trumpet
 * Snooky Young – trumpet
 * Marvin Stamm – trumpet
 * Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
 * Bob Brookmeyer – trombone
 * Garnett Brown – trombone
 * Tom McIntosh – trombone
 * Cliff Heather – trombone