The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis featuring Miss Ruth Brown

The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis featuring Miss Ruth Brown, also released as Fine Brown Frame, is a 1968 Solid State Records recording of vocalist Ruth Brown with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.

The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis featuring Miss Ruth Brown
Studio album by Ruth Brown, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Released	1968
Recorded	June–July 1968
Studio	Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Solid State
Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra chronology
Jazz Casual... (1968) The Big Band Sound... Featuring Miss Ruth Brown (1968) Monday Night (1968)
Ruth Brown chronology
Ruth Brown '65 (1965) The Big Band Sound... Featuring Miss Ruth Brown (1968) Black Is Brown and Brown Is Beautiful (1969)
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Track listing

LP side A:

1. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"
2. "Trouble in Mind"
3. "Sonny Boy"
4. "Bye Bye Blackbird"
5. "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" (Razaf/Weldon)

LP side B:

1. "Black Coffee"
2. "Be Anything (but Be Mine)"
3. "You Won't Let Me Go"
4. "Fine Brown Frame"

Personnel

• Ruth Brown – vocals
• Thad Jones – flugelhorn
• Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone
• Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
• Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone
• Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
• Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
• Snooky Young – trumpet
• Richard Williams – trumpet
• Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
• Danny Moore – trumpet
• Bill Berry – trumpet
• Garnett Brown – trombone
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Cliff Heather – trombone
• Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
• Roland Hanna – piano
• Richard Davis – bass
• Mel Lewis – drums

References

• Solid State SS-18041
• The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis featuring Miss Ruth Brown at
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