The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones is an album by Quincy Jones that was released by Mercury.[1]
| The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | November 4 & 9, 1959 | |||
| Studio | Fine Recording, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Quincy Jones chronology | ||||
| ||||
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it "a top-notch bop-oriented big band".[2]
Track listing
- "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) - 3:33
- "Ghana" (Ernie Wilkins) - 4:36
- "Caravan" (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:28
- "Everybody's Blues" (Wilkins) - 4:13
- "Cherokee (Indian Love Song)" (Ray Noble) - 3:05
- "Air Mail Special" (Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Jimmy Mundy) - 2:33
- "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) - 3:21
- "Chant of the Weed" (Don Redman) - 3:14
- "I Never Has Seen Snow" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) - 3:08
- "Eesom" (Bill Potts) - 5:04
Personnel
- Quincy Jones - conductor
- Art Farmer, Lennie Johnson, Jimmy Maxwell, Lee Morgan, Ernie Royal, Nick Travis - trumpet
- Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank Rehak - trombone
- Julius Watkins - French horn
- Porter Kilbert, Phil Woods - alto saxophone
- Budd Johnson - tenor saxophone
- Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
- Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone
- Patti Bown - piano
- Les Spann - guitar, flute
- Buddy Jones, Buddy Catlett - bass
- Don Lamond - drums
- Ralph Burns (track 8), Al Cohn (tracks 6 & 7), Bill Potts (tracks 3, 9 & 10), Ernie Wilkins (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5) - arranger
References
- Mercury Records Catalog accessed October 21, 2015
- Yanow, Scott. The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.