The Birth of a Band!

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.

Reception

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

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 – conductor, arranger: Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10
• Nat Pierce – arranger Track 3
• Al Cohn – arranger Track 5
• Melba Liston – arranger Track 8
• Harry Edison – trumpet
• Joe Newman – trumpet
• Ernie Royal – trumpet
• Clark Terry – trumpet
• Joe Wilder – trumpet
• Billy Byers – trombone
• Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
• Urbie Green – trombone
• Melba Liston – trombone
• 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 – tenor saxophone
• Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone
• Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
• Sam Taylor – tenor saxophone
• Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
• Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone
• Patti Bown – piano
• Moe Wechsler – piano
• Kenny Burrell– guitar
• Les Spann – guitar
• Milt Hinton – bass
• Jimmy Crawford – drums
• Osie Johnson – drums
• Don Lamond – drums
• Sam Woodyard – drums

References