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. Jones was born in Chicago, IL, on March 14, 1933. When he was still a youngster, his family moved to Seattle, WA, and he soon developed an interest in music. In his early teens, Jones began learning the trumpet, and started singing with a local gospel group. By the time he graduated from high school in 1950, Jones had displayed enough promise to win a scholarship to Boston-based music school Schillinger House (which later became known as the Berklee School of Music). After a year at Schillinger, Jones relocated to New York City, where he found work as an arranger, writing charts for Count Basie, Cannonball Adderley, Tommy Dorsey, and Dinah Washington, among others. In 1953, Jones scored his first big break as a performer; he was added to the brass section of Lionel Hampton's orchestra, where he found himself playing alongside jazz legends Art Farmer and Clifford Brown.
This rare live record is from that period, recurded during two concerts in Stockholm/Sweden. Listen to a very young Quincy Jones and enjoy it !
This rare live record is from that period, recurded during two concerts in Stockholm/Sweden. Listen to a very young Quincy Jones and enjoy it !
Personnel:
Tracks 01. - 04.
(Stockholm, September 15, 1953)
Clifford Brown - Art Farmer Swedish All-Stars:
Clifford Brown (trumpet)
Art Farmer (trumpet)
Lars Gullin (saxophone)
Quincy Jones (arrangments)
Bengt Hallberg (bass)
Jack Noren (drums)
Ake Persson (trombone)
Arne Domnerus (saxophone)
Tracks 05. - 08.
(Stockholm, November 10, 1953)
Quincy Jones' Swedish-American All-Stars:
Simon Brehm (bass)
Jimmy Cleveland (trombone)
Alan Dawson (drums)
Arne Domnerus (clarinet, saxophone)
Art Farmer (trumpet)
Lars Gullin (saxophone)
Bengt Hallberg (piano)
Quincy Jones (arrangements)
Ake Persson (trombone)
Tracklist:
01. Stockholm Sweetin' (Jones) 5.30
02. 'Scuse These Blues (Jones) 4.28
03. Falling In Love With Love (Rodgers) 5.25
04. Lover Come Back To Me (Hammerstein II/Romberg) 5.23
05. Pogo Stick (Jones) 6.18
06. Liza (Kahn/Gershwin) 5.34
07. Jones' Bones (Jones) 5.42
08. Sometimes I'm Happy (Caesar/Gray/Youmans) 5.51
ARMU 2313 (zippyshare)