Various Artists

  THAD JONES, MEL LEWIS AND THE VILLAGE VANGUARD ORCHESTRA

  THE FIRST BOOK OF ITS KIND, THIS HUGE, COLLECTED HISTORY OFFERS
  AN EXTENSIVE LOOK AT THE MOST IMPORTANT BIG BAND IN MODERN JAZZ

  CHAPTERS AND FEATURES INCLUDE:

- Large hardcover (328 pages, 11 x 9 inches)

- Material from brand new interviews with more than 30 current and former band members and other experts   Complete discography featuring album cover art, personnel, arrangers, soloists, and recording information from   all 32 of the band's albums.

- Hundreds of rare photographs, and many images of rare memorabilia such as posters, concert tickets, vintage advertisements and tour itineraries.

- In depth featured on Mel Lewis and the music of Thad Jones, Bob Brookmeyer and Jim McNeely.

- Profiles of all current members of The Vangaurd Orchestera.

- Complete listing of personnel throughout the band's entire history.

- Exclusive coverage and photographs of the 50th anniversary celebration.

"This erudite work—for which Allen and Lisik supplemented extensive archival research...blends the graphic extravagance of a sumptuous coffee-table book with the textual rigor of a catalogue raisonné in tracing the musical path of New York’s nonpareil Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and the milieu in which it flourished."
- DownBeat

"Such a legacy deserves nothing but the finest documentation and indeed that is exactly what it gets. This book is a must-own for any fan of this ensemble."
- All About Jazz