Berry, Billy Harper, Bob Brookmeyer, Danny Stiles, Eddie Daniels, George Mraz, Hank Jones, Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion, Jimmy Knepper, Joe Farrell, Jon Faddis, Marvin Stamm, Pepper Adams, Quentin Jackson, Richard Davis, Richard Williams, Roland Hanna, and Snooky Young. Awards and honors Grammy Awards Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra |- |style="text-align:center;"| |Live At The Village Vanguard (album) |rowspan="12"|Best instrumental Jazz Performance, Big Band | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |Central Park North (album) | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |Consummation (album) | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |Potpourri (album) | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |New Life (album) | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |Live In Munich (album) | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |Naturally (album) | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |Bob Brookmeyer - Composer/Arranger (album) | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |Make Me Smile & Other New Works by Bob Brookmeyer (album) | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |20 Years At The Village Vanguard (album) | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |The Definitive Thad Jones (album) | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |The Definitive Thad Jones (Volume 2: Live from the Village Vanguard) (album) | |- The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra |- |style="text-align:center;"| |Can I Persuade You? (album) |rowspan="5"|Best instrumental Jazz Performance, Big Band | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |The Way: Music Of Slide Hampton (album) | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |Up From The Skies: Music Of Jim McNeely (album) | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard (album) | |- |style="text-align:center;"| |OverTime: Music Of Bob Brookmeyer (album) | |- From DownBeat Discography The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra All My Yesterdays (recorded 1966, released Resonance, 2016) - Live recording including the band's first performance (Monday, Feb. 7, 1966 at the Village Vanguard) Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra (Solid State, 1966) Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra (Solid State, 1966) - with Joe Williams Live at the Village Vanguard (Solid State, 1967) The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis featuring Miss Ruth Brown (Solid State, 1968) - with Ruth Brown Monday Night (Solid State, 1968) Jazz Casual – Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra... (recorded 1968) - DVD Central Park North (Solid State/Blue Note, 1969) Basle, 1969 (TCB, 1969 [rel. 1996]) Consummation (Solid State/Blue Note, 1970) Live in Tokyo (Denon, 1974) Potpourri (Philadelphia International, 1974) Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica (Pausa, 1974) Suite for Pops (Horizon/A&M, 1975) New Life: Dedicated to Max Gordon (Horizon/A&M, 1975) Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra With Rhoda Scott (aka Rhoda Scott in New York with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra) (Barclay, 1976) Live in Munich (Horizon/A&M, 1976) It Only