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.

Track listing

LP side A: "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" "Trouble in Mind" "Sonny Boy" "Bye Bye Blackbird" "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" (Razaf/Weldon) LP side B: "Black Coffee" "Be Anything (but Be Mine)" "You Won't Let Me Go" "Fine Brown Frame"

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

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

discogs.com

[ AllMusic.com]

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra albums

Ruth Brown albums

1968 albums

Solid State Records (jazz label) albums

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