In a musical career that has spanned six decades, Quincy Jones has earned his reputation as a renaissance man of American music. Jones has distinguished himself as a bandleader, a solo artist, a sideman, a songwriter, a producer, an arranger, a film composer, and a record label executive, and outside of music, he's also written books, produced major motion pictures, and helped create television series. And a quick look at a few of the artists Jones has worked with suggests the remarkable diversity of his career -- Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Lesley Gore, Michael Jackson, Peggy Lee, Ray Charles, Paul Simon, and Aretha Franklin.
Although this particular big band changed its personnel quite a bit before touring Europe, Quincy Jones began 1959 with high hopes.
Although this particular big band changed its personnel quite a bit before touring Europe, Quincy Jones began 1959 with high hopes.
On one of his finest jazz recordings, Jones' arrangements feature such top players as trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, Zoot Sims, and Sam "The Man" Taylor on tenors, altoist Phil Woods, and flügelhornist Clark Terry. Highlights include the title cut, "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set," "Moanin'," and three Benny Golson tunes ("I Remember Clifford," "Along Came Betty," and "Whisper Not").
Personnel:
Patricia Ann Brown (piano)
Jimmy Cleveland (trombone)
Benny Golson (saxophone)
Urbie Green (trombone)
Milt Hinton (bass)
Quentin Jackson (trombone)
Quincy Jones (trumpet)
Melba Liston (trombone)
Joe Newman (trumpet)
Ernie Royal (trombone)
Sahib Shihab (saxophone)
Zoot Sims (saxophone)
Clark Terry (trombone)
Frank Wess (saxophone)
Phil Woods (saxophone)
Sam Woodyard (drums)
Tracklist:
01. The Birth Of A Band (Jones) 2.56
02. Moanin' (Timmons) 3.05
03. I Remember Clifford (Golson) 3.43
04. Along Came Betty (Golson) 3.18
05. Tickle Toe (Young) 2.58
06. Happy Faces (Stitt) 2.44
07. Whisper Not (Golson) 3.23
08. The Gypsy (Reid) 4.06
09. A Change Of Pace (Arnold/Jones) 3.22
10. Tuxedo Junction (Dash/Johnson/Hawkins/Feyne) 2.44
