The Birth of a Band!

The Birth of a Band!
Studio album by Quincy Jones
Released	1959
Recorded	February 9, March 9 & 10, May 26, 17 & 28 and June 16, 1959 Fine Recording, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Label	Mercury MG 20444
Quincy Jones chronology
Quincy's Home Again (1958)Quincy's Home Again1958 The Birth of a Band! (1959) The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959)The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones1959

The Birth of a Band! is an album led by composer, conductor and arranger Quincy Jones released on the Mercury label featuring performances with Zoot Sims, Clark Terry, Harry Edison, and Phil Woods.^[1]

Reception

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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

• Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor
• Harry Edison, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder - trumpet
• Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Melba Liston, Tom Mitchell - trombone
• Julius Watkins - French horn
• Jerome Richardson - flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piccolo
• Frank Wess - alto saxophone, flute
• Phil Woods - alto saxophone
• Benny Golson, Budd Johnson, Zoot Sims, Sam "The Man" Taylor - tenor saxophone
• Danny Bank, Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone
• Patti Bown, Moe Wechsler - piano
• Kenny Burrell, Les Spann - guitar
• Milt Hinton - bass
• Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Don Lamond, Sam Woodyard - drums
• Al Cohn (track 5), Melba Liston (track 8), Nat Pierce (track 3) - arranger

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