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 | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | November 4 & 9, 1959 | |||
Studio | Fine Recording, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Quincy Jones chronology | ||||
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Reception
editReview scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
DownBeat | [2] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called it "a top-notch bop-oriented big band".[3]
Track listing
edit- "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
edit- 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
- Buddie 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
edit- ^ Mercury Records Catalog accessed October 21, 2015
- ^ Gleason, Ralph J. (26 May 1960). "Quincy Jones: The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 11. p. 32.
- ^ Yanow, Scott. The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2015.