Quincy Jones

• 4-CD SET

• Includes 24-page booklet

All known live recordings by the fabulous Quincy Jones Big Band during its 1960 European tour.

By then, the orchestra included such stars as Clark Terry, Benny Bailey, Phil Woods, Sahib Shihab, Quentin Jackson, Jimmy Cleveland and Les Spann.

Recorded with excellent sound quality, this is the first time that all of this music appears on a single collection.

PERSONNEL:

• QUINCY JONES, conductor
• CLARK TERRY, BENNY BAILEY, LEONARD JOHNSON, FLOYD STANDIFER, trumpet
• PHIL WOODS, PORTER KILBERT, alto sax
• BUDD JOHNSON, tenor sax
• JEROME RICHARDSON, piccolo & tenor sax
• SAHIB SHIHAB, baritone sax
• JIMMY CLEVELAND, QUENTIN JACKSON, MELBA LISTON, AKE PERSSON, trombone
• JULIUS WATKINS, French horn
• LES SPANN, guitar & flute
• PATTI BOWN, piano
• BUDDY CATLETT, bass
• JOE HARRIS, drums

• CD ONE [1-7]: L’Alhambra, Paris, France, February 14, 1960.
• CD ONE [8-14]: Belgium, February, 1960.
• CD TWO: Konserthus, Gothenburg, Sweden, February 16, 1960.
• CD THREE: Municipal Theatre, Laussane, Switzerland, May 20, 1960.
• CD FOUR: Theatre de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 27, 1960.

TRACKS:

• CD ONE (Total Time: 70:40):
• 01 BIRTH OF A BAND
• 02 EVERYBODY’S BLUES [aka THE PHANTOM’S BLUES]
• 03 MOANIN’
• 04 TICKLE TOE
• 05 STOCKHOLM SWEETNIN’
• 06 I REMEMBER CLIFFORD
• 07 WALKIN’
• 08 BIRTH OF A BAND
• 09 MOANIN’
• 10 LESTER LEAPS IN
• 11 THE GYPSY
• 12 TICKLE TOE
• 13 EVERYBODY’S BLUES [aka THE PHANTOM’S BLUES]
• 14 BIG RED

• CD TWO (Total Time: 59:48):
• 01 Announcement by Olle Helander
• 02 MOANIN’
• 03 TICKLE TOE
• 04 I REMEMBER CLIFFORD
• 05 WHISPER NOT
• 06 EVERYBODY’S BLUES [aka THE PHANTOM’S BLUES]
• 07 BIRTH OF A BAND
• 08 THE GYPSY
• 09 GHANA
• 10 WALKIN’
• 11 BIG RED

• CD THREE (Total Time: 55:28):
• 01 Announcement/BIRTH OF A BAND
• 02 I REMEMBER CLIFFORD
• 03 WALKIN’
• 04 PARISIAN THOROUGHFARE
• 05 THE MIDNIGHT SUN WILL NEVER SET
• 06 EVERYBODY’S BLUES [aka THE PHANTOM’S BLUES]
• 07 STOCKHOLM SWEETENIN’
• 08 MY REVERIE
• 09 GHANA
• 10 BIG RED

• CD FOUR (Total Time: 67:32):
• 01 Announcement/CHEROKEE
• 02 CHINESE CHECKERS
• 03 BIRTH OF A BAND
• 04 I REMEMBER CLIFFORD
• 05 GHANA
• 06 BIG RED
• 07 MY REVERIE
• 08 PARISIAN THOROUGHFARE
• 09 MOANIN’
• 10 SOUL
• 11 THE MIDNIGHT SUN WILL NEVER SET
• 12 EVERYBODY’S BLUES [aka THE PHANTOM’S BLUES]
• 13 AIRMAIL SPECIAL
• 14 AIRMAIL SPECIAL [encore]