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Released
  
1959

Label
  
Belle Wood

Release date
  
1959

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 9, March 9 & 10, May 26, 17 & 28 and June 16, 1959 Fine Recording, NYC

The Birth of a Band! (1959)
  
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959)

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The Great Wide World of Quincy, I Dig Dancers, Go West - Man!, This Is How I Feel About Jazz, The Quintessence

The Birth of a Band! is an album led by composer, conductor and arranger Quincy Jones released on the Mercury label featuring performances with Zoot Sims, Clark Terry, Harry Edison, and Phil Woods.

Contents

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it "one of his finest jazz recordings".

Track listing

  1. "The Birth of a Band" (Quincy Jones) - 2:53
  2. "Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons) - 3:02
  3. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 3:42
  4. "Along Came Betty" (Golson) - 3:21
  5. "Tickle Toe" (Lester Young) - 2:55
  6. "Happy Faces" (Sonny Stitt) - 2:40
  7. "Whisper Not" (Golson) - 3:22
  8. "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid) - 4:05
  9. "A Change of Pace" (Harry Arnold, Quincy Jones) - 3:20
  10. "Tuxedo Junction" (Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne) - 2:44

Personnel

  • Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor
  • Harry Edison, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder - trumpet
  • Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Melba Liston, Tom Mitchell - trombone
  • Julius Watkins - French horn
  • Jerome Richardson - flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piccolo
  • Frank Wess - alto saxophone, flute
  • Phil Woods - alto saxophone
  • Benny Golson, Budd Johnson, Zoot Sims, Sam "The Man" Taylor - tenor saxophone
  • Danny Bank, Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone
  • Patti Bown, Moe Wechsler - piano
  • Kenny Burrell, Les Spann - guitar
  • Milt Hinton - bass
  • Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Don Lamond, Sam Woodyard - drums
  • Al Cohn (track 5), Melba Liston (track 8), Nat Pierce (track 3) - arranger

    • Songs

    1The Birth Of A BandQuincy Jones2:58
    2Moanin'Quincy Jones3:07
    3I Remember CliffordQuincy Jones3:45

    References

    The Birth of a Band! Wikipedia
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