The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones is an album by Quincy Jones that was released by Mercury.
Contents
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called it "a top-notch bop-oriented big band".
Track listing
"Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) – 3:33
"Ghana" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:36
"Caravan" (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:28
"Everybody's Blues" (Wilkins) – 4:13
"Cherokee (Indian Love Song)" (Ray Noble) – 3:05
"Air Mail Special" (Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Jimmy Mundy) – 2:33
"They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) – 3:21
"Chant of the Weed" (Don Redman) – 3:14
"I Never Has Seen Snow" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 3:08
"Eesom" (Bill Potts) – 5:04
Personnel
Quincy Jones – conductor
Art Farmer, Lennie Johnson, Jimmy Maxwell, Lee Morgan, Ernie Royal, Nick Travis – trumpet
Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank Rehak – trombone
Julius Watkins – French horn
Porter Kilbert, Phil Woods – alto saxophone
Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone
Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone
Patti Bown – piano
Les Spann – guitar, flute
Buddie Jones, Buddy Catlett – bass
Don Lamond – drums
Ralph Burns (track 8), Al Cohn (tracks 6 & 7), Bill Potts (tracks 3, 9 & 10), Ernie Wilkins (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5) – arranger