1959 studio album by Quincy Jones
| The Birth of a Band! |
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| Released | 1959 |
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| Recorded | February 9, March 9 & 10, May 26, 17 & 28 and June 16, 1959 |
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| Studio | Fine Recording, New York City |
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| Genre | Jazz |
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| Label | Mercury |
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The Birth of a Band! is an album by Quincy Jones that was released by Mercury with performances by Zoot Sims, Clark Terry, Harry Edison, and Phil Woods.[1]
Reception
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| Allmusic |  |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it "one of his finest jazz recordings".[2]
Track listing
- "The Birth of a Band" (Quincy Jones) – 2:53
- "Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons) – 3:02
- "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 3:42
- "Along Came Betty" (Golson) – 3:21
- "Tickle Toe" (Lester Young) – 2:55
- "Happy Faces" (Sonny Stitt) – 2:40
- "Whisper Not" (Golson) – 3:22
- "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid) – 4:05
- "A Change of Pace" (Harry Arnold, Quincy Jones) – 3:20
- "Tuxedo Junction" (Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne) – 2:44
Personnel
- Quincy Jones – conductor, arranger: Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10[3]
- Nat Pierce – arranger Track 3
- Al Cohn – arranger Track 5
- Melba Liston – arranger Track 8
- Harry Edison – trumpet
- Joe Newman – trumpet
- Ernie Royal – trumpet
- Clark Terry – trumpet
- Joe Wilder – trumpet
- Billy Byers – trombone
- Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
- Urbie Green – trombone
- Melba Liston – trombone
- 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 – tenor saxophone
- Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone
- Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
- Sam Taylor – tenor saxophone
- Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
- Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone
- Patti Bown – piano
- Moe Wechsler – piano
- Kenny Burrell– guitar
- Les Spann – guitar
- Milt Hinton – bass
- Jimmy Crawford – drums
- Osie Johnson – drums
- Don Lamond – drums
- Sam Woodyard – drums
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