• DELUXE LIMITED EDITION

• 3LP SET 180 GRAM

• CUT AT 33-1/3 & PRESSED BY RTI

• INCLUDES 2O-PAGE BOOKLET

Originally released as a 2CD set in 2016, this deluxe triple gatefold 3LP edition comes with an expansive 16-page insert providing rare photos by Chuck Stewart, Raymond Ross, Ray Avery and Jan Persson, essays by executive producer and original recording engineer George Klabin, associate producer Chris Smith (author of The View from the Back of the Band: The Life and Music of Mel Lewis), longtime Vanguard Jazz Orchestra arranger and pianist Jim McNeely and more! All of the living musicians who played on these recordings also contributed their accounts via interviews, including saxophonists Jerry Dodgion, Eddie Daniels and Marv "Doc" Holladay, trumpeter Jimmy Owens, trombonists Garnett Brown and Tom McIntosh, along with bassist Richard Davis.

PERSONNEL:

• PERSONNEL ON SIDE A & B
• THAD JONES, trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger, conductor
• HANK JONES, piano
• SAM HERMAN, guitar
• RICHARD DAVIS, bass
• MEL LEWIS, drums
• Saxes:
• JEROME RICHARDSON
• JERRY DODGION
• JOE FARRELL
• EDDIE DANIELS
• MARC “DOC” HOLLADAY
• Trumpets:
• JIMMY NOTTINGHAM
• SNOOKY YOUNG
• JIMMY OWENS
• BILL BERRY
• Trombones:
• BOB BROOKMEYER
• GARNETT BROWN
• CLIFF HEATHER
• JACK RAINS

• PERSONNEL ON SIDE C,D,E & F
• THAD JONES, trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger, conductor
• HANK JONES, piano
• SAM HERMAN, guitar
• RICHARD DAVIS,bass
• MEL LEWIS, drums
• Saxes:
• JEROME RICHARDSON
• JERRY DODGION
• JOE FARRELL
• EDDIE DANIELS
• PEPPER ADAMS
• Trumpets:
• JIMMY NOTTINGHAM
• JIMMY OWENS
• BILL BERRY
• DANNY STILES
• Trombones:
• TOM McINTOSH
• GARNETT BROWN
• CLIFF HEATHER
• JACK RAINS

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• 01. Backbone
• 02. All My Yesterdays
• 03. Big Dipper

• SIDE B:
• 01. Mornin Reverend
• 02. The Little Pixie
• 03. Big Dipper

• SIDE C:
• 01. Low Down
• 02. Lover Man
• 03. Ah, That’s Freedom

• SIDE D:
• 01. Don’t Ever Leave Me
• 02. Willow Weep For Me
• 03. Mean What You Say

• SIDE E:
• 01. Once Around
• 02. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
• 03. Mornin Reverend

• SIDE F:
• 01. All My Yesterdays
• 02. Backbone