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Quincy Jones

Title: The Birth of a Band - complete edition

Label: Essential Jazz Classics

Cat No:EJC55448
Format:CD

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• The complete seminal Quincy Jones albums “The Birth of A Band” (1959) and its Volume 2 sequel. Sessions have been placed here complete and in chronological order.

• This CD features the 1959 Quincy Jones orchestra with Harry “Sweets” Edison, Clark Terry, Jimmy Cleveland, Zoot Sims, Benny Golson, Phil Woods, Kenny Burrell, Sahib Shihab, Urbie Green, Budd Johnson, Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor - among many other stars.

• Although Quincy Jones was only 26-years old when he made these recordings, he was already a veteran musician with a lot of experience under his belt : as an arranger, in the early 50s for Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Dinah Washington & Tommy Dorsey, and as a band member with Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, before recording under his own name.

• Total Time: 77:53 - 24 tracks.

Track Listing for The Birth of a Band - complete edition
01 TUXEDO JUNCTION 2:47
02 SYNCOPATED CLOCK 2:48
03 CHOO CHOO CH’BOOGIE 2:28
04 THE HUCKLEBUCK 2:27
05 THE MIDNIGHT SUN WILL NEVER SET 2:44
06 THE PREACHER 2:55
07 MARCHIN’ THE BLUES 2:44
08 BLUES IN THE NIGHT 4:00
09 A CHANGE OF PACE 3:24
10 AFTER HOURS 3:35
11 MOANIN’ [version 1] 3:13
12 HAPPY PLACES [version 1] 2:47
13 HAPPY PLACES [version 2] 2:43
14 ALONG CAME BETTY 3:20
15 I REMEMBER CLIFFORD 3:45
16 WHISPER NOT 3:24
17 THE GYPSY 4:08
18 TICKLE TOE 3:00
19 DAYLIE DOUBLE 6:06
20 MOANIN’ [version 2] 3:07
21 THE BIRTH OF A BAND 2:58
22 PARISIAN THOROUGHFARE 3:50
23 PLEASINGLY PLUMP 2:29
24 G’WAN TRAIN 3:00

Total Time: 77:53

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