title: Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra
text: # Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra
  
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  Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra is a 1966 big band jazz album recorded by Joe Williams with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the Solid State Records label.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  LP side A:
  
  * "Get Out of My Life Woman" (Toussaint) – 3:21
  * "Woman's Got Soul" (Mayfield) – 2:22
  * "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning" (Delaney, Delaney) – 4:30
  * "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Razaf, Redman) – 2:52
  * "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (Dozier, Holland, Holland) – 2:32
  * "Keep Your Hand on Your Heart" (Broonzy) – 3:37
  
  LP side B:
  
  * "Evil Man Blues" (Feather, Hampton) – 3:26
  * "Come Sunday" (Ellington) – 3:16
  * "Smack Dab in the Middle" (Calhoun) – 3:29
  * "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Mills) – 3:04
  * "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Charles) – 3:01
  * "Night Time Is the Right Time (to Be With the One You Love)" (Sykes) – 5:13
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Joe Williams – vocals
  * Thad Jones – flugelhorn
  * Mel Lewis – drums
  * Richard Davis – bass
  * Roland Hanna – piano
  * Sam Herman – guitar
  * Jerome Richardson – saxophone
  * Jerry Dodgion – saxophone
  * Joe Farrell – saxophone
  * Eddie Daniels – saxophone
  * Pepper Adams – saxophone
  * Richard Williams – trumpet
  * Bill Berry – trumpet
  * Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
  * Snooky Young – trumpet
  * Bob Brookmeyer – trombone
  * Garnett Brown – trombone
  * Tom McIntosh – trombone
  * Cliff Heather – trombone
  
  ## References and external links
  
  * Solid State SS-18008
  * Allmusic, Scott Yanow review (link)
  