THE GREAT JAZZ TRIO AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD AGAIN

The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again
The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again
Live album by The Great Jazz Trio
Released	2000
Recorded	February 19 & 20, 1977
Venue	Village Vanguard, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:05
Label	East Wind; UCCJ-4001
Producer	Kiyoshi Itoh and Yasohachi Itoh
Hank Jones chronology

The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again is a live album by the Great Jazz Trio – pianist Hank Jones, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams – recorded in 1977 for the Japanese East Wind label but not released until 2000.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "Hank Jones generously showcases his bandmates, bassist Ron Carter and Tony Williams, rather than relegating them strictly to supporting roles as far too many piano trio leaders have done. Each track is an extended workout."^[2]

Track listing

"Hi-Fly" ( Randy Weston) - 12:02
" Sophisticated Lady" ( Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish) - 8:19
" Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" ( Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 9:53
" Wave" ( Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 8:12
" My Funny Valentine" ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 12:39

Personnel

References

^ The Great Jazz Trio Catalog accessed August 3, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Dryden, Ken. At the Village Vanguard Again – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2015.

[1] The Great Jazz Trio Catalog accessed August 3, 2015.

[Allmusic-2] Dryden, Ken. At the Village Vanguard Again – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2015.

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v t e Hank Jones
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Urbanity (1947–53) Bluebird (1955) Quartet-Quintet (1955) The Trio (and Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, 1955) Hank Jones' Quartet (1956) Have You Met Hank Jones (1956) Gigi (1958) Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones, 1958) Porgy and Bess (1958) The Talented Touch (1958) Here's Love (1963) This Is Ragtime Now! (1964) Happenings (and Oliver Nelson, 1966) Hanky Panky (1975) Arigato (1976) Jones-Brown-Smith (1976) Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976) Bop Redux (1977) Have You Met This Jones? (1977) I Remember You (1977) Just for Fun (1977) Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78) Ain't Misbehavin' (1978) Carnaval (and Ron Carter, Sadao Watanabe, Tony Williams, 1978) Compassion (1978) Groovin' High (1978) More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978) Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978) Bluesette (1979) I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979) Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1987) The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing, 1988) The Oracle (1989) Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991) Steal Away (and Charlie Haden, 1994) Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano, 2006) Come Sunday (2010)
The Great Jazz Trio	I'm Old Fashioned (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976) Love for Sale (1976) Direct from L.A. (1977) Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (1977) Milestones (1978) New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)
With Bob Brookmeyer	Brookmeyer (1956) Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956) Tonite's Music Today (and Zoot Sims, 1956) Whooeeee (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1956) Stretching Out (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1958) Jazz Is a Kick (1960) Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (1961) Gingerbread Men ( Clark Terry and Brookmeyer, 1966)
With Al Cohn	That Old Feeling (1955) The Brothers! (and Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, 1955) Cohn on the Saxophone (1956) From A to...Z (and Zoot Sims, 1956) The Sax Section (1956) Son of Drum Suite (1960)
With Coleman Hawkins	The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956) The Hawk in Paris (1956) Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1957–58) The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)
With Johnny Hodges	Sandy's Gone (1963) Wings & Things (1965) Blue Notes (1966) Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967) Triple Play (1967) 3 Shades of Blue (1970)
With Milt Jackson	Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948) Opus de Jazz (1955) The Jazz Skyline (1956) Bags & Flutes (1957) Bags & Trane (1959) Statements (1962) Big Bags (1962) For Someone I Love (1963) Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963) Much in Common (and Ray Brown, 1964) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
With J.J. Johnson	J Is for Jazz (1956) Jay and Kai (1957) J.J.'s Broadway (1963) J.J.! (1964) Broadway Express (1965) The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)
With Oliver Nelson	Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66) Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966) The Sound of Feeling (1966–67) The Kennedy Dream (1967) The Spirit of '67 (and Pee Wee Russell, 1967)
With Sonny Stitt	Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955) Sonny Stitt Plays (1955) Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957) Stitt in Orbit (1960–62) Now! (1962) Goin' Down Slow (1972)
With others	The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams ( Pepper Adams, 1957) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963) Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983) Somethin' Else ( Cannonball Adderley, 1958) The Soul of the City ( Manny Albam, 1966) Bad! Bossa Nova ( Gene Ammons, 1962) Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972) Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972) Baker's Holiday ( Chet Baker, 1965) Drummer's Holiday ( Louie Bellson, 1956–58) Encore ( Eddie Bert, 1955) Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955) Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955) Late Date with Ruth Brown ( Ruth Brown, 1959) Ruth Brown '65 (1964) Bluesin' Around ( Kenny Burrell, 1961–62) Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968) For the Good Times ( Rusty Bryant, 1973) Byrd's Word ( Donald Byrd, 1955) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab ( Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957) Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957) 1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978) Bass on Top ( Paul Chambers, 1957) Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955) Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955) Rhythm Crazy ( Jimmy Cleveland, 1959) Earl Coleman Returns (1956) Last Night When We Were Young ( Art Farmer, 1957) Portrait of Art Farmer (1958) The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959) Merry Olde Soul ( Victor Feldman, 1960–61) Rhythm Is My Business ( Ella Fitzgerald, 1962) New Trombone ( Curtis Fuller, 1957) Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962) A Portrait of Duke Ellington ( Dizzy Gillespie, 1960) The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975) Ca'Purange ( Dexter Gordon, 1972) Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee, 1963) Gigi Gryce (1958) You Better Know It!!! ( Lionel Hampton, 1964) I Just Dropped by to Say Hello ( Johnny Hartman, 1963) The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964) Flute-In ( Bobbi Humphrey, 1971) Groovin' with Jacquet ( Illinois Jacquet, 1951) French Cookin' ( Budd Johnson, 1963) Elvin! ( Elvin Jones, 1961–62) And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965) Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965) The Deadly Affair ( Quincy Jones, 1966) Hello, Hank Jones ( Clifford Jordan, 1978) SteveIreneo! ( Irene Kral, 1959) The Drum Battle ( Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, 1952) I'm All For You ( Joe Lovano, 2003) Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004) Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005) Salute to the Flute ( Herbie Mann, 1957) 2-3-4 ( Shelly Manne, 1962) Star Highs ( Warne Marsh, 1982) Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957) The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" ( Gary McFarland, 1961) Helen Merrill with Strings (1955) SO Much Guitar! ( Wes Montgomery, 1961) Great Day ( James Mody, 1963) Salute to Satch ( Joe Newman, 1956) The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956) Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder, 1984) All the Sad Young Men ( Anita O'Day, 1962) New York Album ( Art Pepper, 1979) So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979) Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980) Together Again: For the First Time ( Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé, 1978) Midnight Oil ( Jerome Richardson, 1958) The Chase Is On ( Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette, 1957) Flute Suite ( A.K. Salim, 1957) The Jazz We Heard Last Summer ( Sahib Shihab, 1957) Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957) Johnny Smith ( Johnny Smith, 1967) The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980) Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963) Warm Wave ( Cal Tjader, 1964) Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977) See You at the Fair ( Ben Webster, 1964) Flutes & Reeds ( Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess, 1955) Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955) Wilder 'n' Wilder ( Joe Wilder, 1956) The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959) But Beautiful ( Nancy Wilson, 1969) The Swingin' States ( Kai Winding, 1958) Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59) More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966) Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' ( Lester Young, 1958)
Discography

v t e Tony Williams
Albums as leader or co-leader	Life Time (1965) Spring (1966) Emergency! (1969) Turn It Over (1970) Ego (1971) Believe It (1975) Million Dollar Legs (1976) The Joy of Flying (1978) Native Heart (1989) The Story of Neptune (1992) A Tribute to Miles (1994)
The Great Jazz Trio albums (with Hank Jones and Ron Carter)	I'm Old Fashioned (album) (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976) Love for Sale (1976) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977) Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977) Milestones (1978) New Wine in Old Bottles (with Jackie McLean, 1978) Direct from L.A. (1978) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (2000, recorded in 1977)
Arcana albums (with Bill Laswell and Derek Bailey)	The Last Wave (1996) Arc of the Testimony (1997)
Related articles	Miles Davis Quintet The Tony Williams Lifetime Trio of Doom Arcana

v t e Hank Jones
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Urbanity (1947–53) Bluebird (1955) Quartet-Quintet (1955) The Trio (and Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, 1955) Hank Jones' Quartet (1956) Have You Met Hank Jones (1956) Gigi (1958) Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones, 1958) Porgy and Bess (1958) The Talented Touch (1958) Here's Love (1963) This Is Ragtime Now! (1964) Happenings (and Oliver Nelson, 1966) Hanky Panky (1975) Arigato (1976) Jones-Brown-Smith (1976) Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976) Bop Redux (1977) Have You Met This Jones? (1977) I Remember You (1977) Just for Fun (1977) Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78) Ain't Misbehavin' (1978) Carnaval (and Ron Carter, Sadao Watanabe, Tony Williams, 1978) Compassion (1978) Groovin' High (1978) More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978) Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978) Bluesette (1979) I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979) Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1987) The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing, 1988) The Oracle (1989) Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991) Steal Away (and Charlie Haden, 1994) Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano, 2006) Come Sunday (2010)
The Great Jazz Trio	I'm Old Fashioned (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976) Love for Sale (1976) Direct from L.A. (1977) Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (1977) Milestones (1978) New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)
With Bob Brookmeyer	Brookmeyer (1956) Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956) Tonite's Music Today (and Zoot Sims, 1956) Whooeeee (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1956) Stretching Out (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1958) Jazz Is a Kick (1960) Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (1961) Gingerbread Men ( Clark Terry and Brookmeyer, 1966)
With Al Cohn	That Old Feeling (1955) The Brothers! (and Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, 1955) Cohn on the Saxophone (1956) From A to...Z (and Zoot Sims, 1956) The Sax Section (1956) Son of Drum Suite (1960)
With Coleman Hawkins	The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956) The Hawk in Paris (1956) Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1957–58) The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)
With Johnny Hodges	Sandy's Gone (1963) Wings & Things (1965) Blue Notes (1966) Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967) Triple Play (1967) 3 Shades of Blue (1970)
With Milt Jackson	Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948) Opus de Jazz (1955) The Jazz Skyline (1956) Bags & Flutes (1957) Bags & Trane (1959) Statements (1962) Big Bags (1962) For Someone I Love (1963) Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963) Much in Common (and Ray Brown, 1964) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
With J.J. Johnson	J Is for Jazz (1956) Jay and Kai (1957) J.J.'s Broadway (1963) J.J.! (1964) Broadway Express (1965) The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)
With Oliver Nelson	Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66) Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966) The Sound of Feeling (1966–67) The Kennedy Dream (1967) The Spirit of '67 (and Pee Wee Russell, 1967)
With Sonny Stitt	Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955) Sonny Stitt Plays (1955) Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957) Stitt in Orbit (1960–62) Now! (1962) Goin' Down Slow (1972)
With others	The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams ( Pepper Adams, 1957) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963) Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983) Somethin' Else ( Cannonball Adderley, 1958) The Soul of the City ( Manny Albam, 1966) Bad! Bossa Nova ( Gene Ammons, 1962) Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972) Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972) Baker's Holiday ( Chet Baker, 1965) Drummer's Holiday ( Louie Bellson, 1956–58) Encore ( Eddie Bert, 1955) Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955) Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955) Late Date with Ruth Brown ( Ruth Brown, 1959) Ruth Brown '65 (1964) Bluesin' Around ( Kenny Burrell, 1961–62) Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968) For the Good Times ( Rusty Bryant, 1973) Byrd's Word ( Donald Byrd, 1955) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab ( Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957) Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957) 1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978) Bass on Top ( Paul Chambers, 1957) Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955) Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955) Rhythm Crazy ( Jimmy Cleveland, 1959) Earl Coleman Returns (1956) Last Night When We Were Young ( Art Farmer, 1957) Portrait of Art Farmer (1958) The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959) Merry Olde Soul ( Victor Feldman, 1960–61) Rhythm Is My Business ( Ella Fitzgerald, 1962) New Trombone ( Curtis Fuller, 1957) Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962) A Portrait of Duke Ellington ( Dizzy Gillespie, 1960) The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975) Ca'Purange ( Dexter Gordon, 1972) Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee, 1963) Gigi Gryce (1958) You Better Know It!!! ( Lionel Hampton, 1964) I Just Dropped by to Say Hello ( Johnny Hartman, 1963) The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964) Flute-In ( Bobbi Humphrey, 1971) Groovin' with Jacquet ( Illinois Jacquet, 1951) French Cookin' ( Budd Johnson, 1963) Elvin! ( Elvin Jones, 1961–62) And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965) Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965) The Deadly Affair ( Quincy Jones, 1966) Hello, Hank Jones ( Clifford Jordan, 1978) SteveIreneo! ( Irene Kral, 1959) The Drum Battle ( Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, 1952) I'm All For You ( Joe Lovano, 2003) Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004) Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005) Salute to the Flute ( Herbie Mann, 1957) 2-3-4 ( Shelly Manne, 1962) Star Highs ( Warne Marsh, 1982) Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957) The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" ( Gary McFarland, 1961) Helen Merrill with Strings (1955) SO Much Guitar! ( Wes Montgomery, 1961) Great Day ( James Mody, 1963) Salute to Satch ( Joe Newman, 1956) The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956) Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder, 1984) All the Sad Young Men ( Anita O'Day, 1962) New York Album ( Art Pepper, 1979) So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979) Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980) Together Again: For the First Time ( Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé, 1978) Midnight Oil ( Jerome Richardson, 1958) The Chase Is On ( Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette, 1957) Flute Suite ( A.K. Salim, 1957) The Jazz We Heard Last Summer ( Sahib Shihab, 1957) Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957) Johnny Smith ( Johnny Smith, 1967) The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980) Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963) Warm Wave ( Cal Tjader, 1964) Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977) See You at the Fair ( Ben Webster, 1964) Flutes & Reeds ( Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess, 1955) Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955) Wilder 'n' Wilder ( Joe Wilder, 1956) The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959) But Beautiful ( Nancy Wilson, 1969) The Swingin' States ( Kai Winding, 1958) Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59) More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966) Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' ( Lester Young, 1958)
Discography

v t e Tony Williams
Albums as leader or co-leader	Life Time (1965) Spring (1966) Emergency! (1969) Turn It Over (1970) Ego (1971) Believe It (1975) Million Dollar Legs (1976) The Joy of Flying (1978) Native Heart (1989) The Story of Neptune (1992) A Tribute to Miles (1994)
The Great Jazz Trio albums (with Hank Jones and Ron Carter)	I'm Old Fashioned (album) (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976) Love for Sale (1976) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977) Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977) Milestones (1978) New Wine in Old Bottles (with Jackie McLean, 1978) Direct from L.A. (1978) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (2000, recorded in 1977)
Arcana albums (with Bill Laswell and Derek Bailey)	The Last Wave (1996) Arc of the Testimony (1997)
Related articles	Miles Davis Quintet The Tony Williams Lifetime Trio of Doom Arcana

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