Mad Thad

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{{Infobox album

| name = Mad Thad

| type = Album

| artist = Thad Jones

| cover = ThadJones_MadThad_300.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1957

| recorded = December 24, 1956
January 6, 1957

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| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 46:14

| label = Period

| producer =

| chronology = Thad Jones

| prev_title = The Magnificent Thad Jones

| prev_year = 1956

| next_title = The Jones Boys

| next_year = 1957

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = Album

| cover = ThadJones_MadThad_Nixa.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Pye / Nixa Jazz Today Series (Europe)

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mad-thad-mw0000671734|label=Thad Jones: Mad Thad > Review |first=Jim |last=Todd |accessdate=17 June 2012}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=799}}

}}

Mad Thad is a Hardbop jazz album by Thad Jones recorded in 1957 for Period Records.