title: All My Yesterdays
text: # 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  The release includes a 92-page book, featuring rare, previously unpublished photos, essays, interviews and memoirs.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
  