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I Dig Dancers
Studio album by
Quincy Jones
Released1961
RecordedFebruary 27 & 29, April 21; October 19, 1960
Studio
GenreJazz
LabelMercury
ProducerHal Mooney
Quincy Jones chronology
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones
(1959) 		I Dig Dancers
(1961) 		The Quintessence
(1962)

I Dig Dancers is an album Quincy Jones that was released by Mercury with performances recorded in Paris and New York City.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Pleasingly Plump" (Quincy Jones) - 2:15
  2. "G'wan Train" (Patti Bown) - 6:20
  3. "Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange) - 2:47
  4. "Tone Poem" (Melba Liston) - 3:40
  5. "You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell) - 2:30
  6. "Chinese Checkers" (David Carr Glover) - 2:41
  7. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:10
  8. "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set" (Quincy Jones, Henri Salvador, Dorcas Cochran) - 4:29
  9. "Trouble On My Mind" (Ray Noble) - 2:51
  10. "A Sunday Kind of Love" (Louis Prima, Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes) - 2:32

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  2. "Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell) - 3:50
  3. "Pleasingly Plump" [First Take] (Jones) - 2:29
  4. "G'wan Train" [Short Version] (Bown) - 3:00
  5. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 2:07
  6. "Blues from Free and Easy" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:00

Collective Personnel

References

  1. ^ Mercury Records Catalog accessed October 22, 2015
  2. ^ AllMusic listing, accessed October 22, 2015
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