The Birth of a Band!

The Birth of a Band!
Studio album by Quincy Jones
Released 1959
Recorded February 9, March 9 & 10, May 26, 17 & 28 and June 16, 1959
Fine Recording, NYC
Genre Jazz
Label Mercury
MG 20444
Quincy Jones chronology
Quincy's Home Again
(1958)
The Birth of a Band!
(1959)
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones
(1959)

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.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it "one of his finest jazz recordings".[2]

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

References

  1. Mercury Records Catalog accessed October 21, 2015
  2. Yanow, Scott. The Birth of a Band, Vol. 1 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
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