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The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones
Studio album by
Quincy Jones
Released1959
RecordedNovember 4 & 9, 1959
StudioFine Recording, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelMercury
Quincy Jones chronology
The Birth of a Band!
(1959) 		The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones
(1959) 		I Dig Dancers
(1960)

The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones is an album by Quincy Jones that was released by Mercury.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
DownBeat[2]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called it "a top-notch bop-oriented big band".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) - 3:33
  2. "Ghana" (Ernie Wilkins) - 4:36
  3. "Caravan" (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:28
  4. "Everybody's Blues" (Wilkins) - 4:13
  5. "Cherokee (Indian Love Song)" (Ray Noble) - 3:05
  6. "Air Mail Special" (Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Jimmy Mundy) - 2:33
  7. "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) - 3:21
  8. "Chant of the Weed" (Don Redman) - 3:14
  9. "I Never Has Seen Snow" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) - 3:08
  10. "Eesom" (Bill Potts) - 5:04

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Mercury Records Catalog accessed October 21, 2015
  2. ^ Gleason, Ralph J. (26 May 1960). "Quincy Jones: The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 11. p. 32.
  3. ^ Yanow, Scott. The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
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