Quincy Jones

• 2-CD SET

• INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

Quincy Jones, the great bandleader, arranger and trumpeter, was merely 25 years old when he decided to settle in a city with a taste for jazz that was close to cult-worship: Paris.

Quincy studied under Nadia Boulanger and became a regular figure in Saint Germain-des-Près; he worked for Eddie Barclay, and also led sessions for Henri Salvador and The Double Six, who devoted a whole album to Quincy’s compositions.

With the aid of Frank Ténot and Daniel Filipacchi, in 1960 he set up his own Big Band with 17 American musicians in a venture that was short-lived despite the immense artistic quality of the formation. The live album they recorded shows all the vitality and genius of the young arranger who, in only a few years, went on to become an essential figure in 20th century music, and its greatest pop producer thanks to his association with the legendary Michael Jackson.

TRACKS:

• CD ONE:
• 01. CHINESE CHECKERS
• 02. SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE
• 03. AIR MAIL SPECIAL
• 04. PARISIAN THOROUGHFARE
• 05. THE PHANTOM’S BLUES
• 06. LESTER LEAPS IN
• 07. I REMEMBER CLIFFORD
• 08. MOANIN’
• 09. DOODLIN’
• 10. THE GYPSY
• 11. BIG RED
• 12. BIRTH OF A BAND
• 13. WALKIN’
• 14. AIR MAIL SPECIAL [ALTERNATE BONUS CONCERT TRACK]
• 15. I REMEMBER CLIFFORD [ALTERNATE BONUS CONCERT TRACK].

• CD TWO:
• 01. THE PREACHER
• 02. BIRTH OF A BAND
• 03. MY REVERIE
• 04. GHANA
• 05. CHEROKEE
• 06. PLEASINGLY PLUMP
• 07. STOCKHOLM SWEETENING
• 08. TICKLE TOE
• 09. BLUES IN THE NIGHT
• 10. OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
• 11. DOODLIN’ FEAT. CLARK TERRY
• 12. GHANA [ALTERNATE BONUS CONCERT TRACK]
• 13. WHISPER NOT [ALTERNATE BONUS CONCERT TRACK]
• 14. BIRTH OF A BAND [ALTERNATE BONUS CONCERT TRACK]
• 15. LESTER LEAPS IN [ALTERNATE BONUS CONCERT TRACK]