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.

All My Yesterdays
Live album by
Released2016 February 19
Recorded1966 February 7 and 1966 March 21 The Village Vanguard, New York City
GenreJazz
Length2:05:16
LabelResonance
ProducerGeorge Klabin, Zed Feldman, Chris Smith
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
All My Yesterdays
(2016)
Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

The release includes a 92-page book, featuring rare, previously unpublished photos, essays, interviews and memoirs.[2]

Track listing

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Disc 1

  1. "Back Bone" – 13:22
  2. "All My Yesterdays" 4:22
  3. "Big Dipper" – 5:51
  4. "Mornin' Reverend" – 4:49
  5. "The Little Pixie" – 14:25
  6. "Big Dipper" (alt. take) – 5:44

Disc 2

  1. "Low Down" – 4:38
  2. "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) – 5:25
  3. "Ah, That's Freedom" – 10:08
  4. "Don't Ever Leave Me" – 4:28
  5. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ronell) – 6:15
  6. "Mean What You Say" – 5:51
  7. "Once Around" – 12:45
  8. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 4:02
  9. "Mornin' Reverend" – 5:49
  10. "All My Yesterdays" – 4:25
  11. "Back Bone" – 12:59

All songs composed by Thad Jones except as noted

Personnel

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  1. ^ Allmusic review by Matt Collar
  2. ^ "1966 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra two-CD set to be released on Resonance Records" Crowley, Léan, jazziz.com, 2016 January 27