Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. 'Joe Williams'

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The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra presents Joe Williams.    A Vinyl recording with a hard cover album that opens up like a book to reveal photos of band and notes on each track plus personnel.

From 1954 to 1961 Joe Williams was the singer for the Count Basie Orchestra. He rose to national prominence with Basie, who nicknamed him "The Number One Son". "Every Day I Have the Blues", recorded in 1955, was one of his many hit recordings.

After leaving the Basie band, Williams had a successful career as a soloist at festivals, in clubs and on television. He and Basie remained on good terms and he regularly appeared with the Basie orchestra. He toured and made recordings with many other musicians, including Harry "Sweets" Edison in 1961–62, Junior Mance between 1962 and 1964, George Shearing in 1971, and Cannonball Adderley between 1973 and 1975. He went on a long tour from Egypt to India with Clark Terry in 1977, and toured Europe and the United States with Thad Jones and the Basie Orchestra in 1985. He also worked with his own combos, which between 1970 and 1990 usually included the pianist Norman Simmons, and often had Henry Johnson on guitar.

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra was a jazz big band formed by trumpeter Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis in New York around 1965. The band performed for twelve years in its original incarnation, including a 1972 tour of the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. The band won a 1978 Grammy Award for the album Live in Munich and in 2009 a Grammy Award for the album Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard. The collaboration ended in 1978 with Jones suddenly moving to Copenhagen, Denmark, after which the band became the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. Since the death of Lewis in 1990 it has been known as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. They have maintained a Monday-night residency at the Village Vanguard jazz club in New York for five decades.

Side One. Get Out Of My Life / Woman's Got Soul / Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning / Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You / How Sweet It Is / Keep Your Hand On Your Heart.

Side Two:  Evil Man Blues / Come Sunday / Smack Dab In The Middle / It Don't Mean A Thing / Hallelujah I Love  Her So / Night time Is The Right Time.

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