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The Birth of a Band!
Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedFebruary 9, March 9 & 10, May 26, 17 & 28 and June 16, 1959
StudioFine Recording, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Mercury
Quincy Jones chronology
Quincy's Home Again
(1958)
The Birth of a Band!
(1959)
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones
(1959)

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it "one of his finest jazz recordings". [2]

Track listing

  1. "The Birth of a Band" (Quincy Jones) – 2:53
  2. " Moanin'" ( Bobby Timmons) – 3:02
  3. " I Remember Clifford" ( Benny Golson) – 3:42
  4. "Along Came Betty" (Golson) – 3:21
  5. "Tickle Toe" ( Lester Young) – 2:55
  6. "Happy Faces" ( Sonny Stitt) – 2:40
  7. " Whisper Not" (Golson) – 3:22
  8. " The Gypsy" ( Billy Reid) – 4:05
  9. "A Change of Pace" ( Harry Arnold, Quincy Jones) – 3:20
  10. " Tuxedo Junction" ( Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne) – 2:44

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Mercury Records Catalog accessed October 21, 2015
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott. The Birth of a Band, Vol. 1 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2015.