The music made by Quincy Jones during the second half 1950s was a stunning example of
contemporary jazz during that pivotal decade for the form. Listening back today to these groundbreaking records delightfully illustrate how the dynamic musician, performer, composer and arranger first introduced his extraordinary skills to the world. After spending the first half of the decade working for other musicians, including a number of freelance commissions arranging songs for renowned artists such as Dinah Washington, Duke Ellington, and his close friend Ray Charles, Jones soon decided it was time for him to take the lead. The first album release to feature Quincy as a named artist was the 1955 release on Mercury Records '
Jazz Abroad' on which he featured alongside
jazz drummer Roy Haynes. Next up was, 'That's How I feel About
Jazz' featuring an all star cast including Art Farmer, Lucky Johnson & Phil Woods - following which he would record and release a further six albums before the end of the 1950s, all for Mercury. Quincy Jones first eight albums, all released during this period, are featured on this 4CD set in their entirety, in glorious re-mastered sound, making this package the most complete Quincy Jones 1950s collection available today.
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CD1
'Jazz Abroad' with Roy Haynes', 1955, originally Mercury LP 3608301. Pogo Stick (6:16)
02. Liza (5:32)
03. Jones Bones (5:39)
04. Sometimes I'm Happy (5:49)
05. Little Leona (4:49)
06. Miss Mopsy (5:00)
07. Gone Again (6:01)
08. Hagnes (5:18)
'This Is Ноw I Feel about Jazz', originally ABC LP 14909. Walkin' (10:30)
10. Stockholm Sweetnin' (5:36)
11. Evening In Paris (4:03)
12. Sermonette (5:51)
13. A Sleepin' Bee (4:37)
14. Boo's
Blues (5:05)
CD2
'Go West, Man!', 1957, originally ABC LP 18601. Dancing Pants (3:49)
02.
Blues Day (4:43)
03. Bright Moon (5:21)
04. No Bones At All (3:58)
05. The Oom Is
Blues (5:09)
06. Be My Guest (4:30)
07. What's New, We'll Be Togther Again, Time On My Hands, You Go To My Head, Laura (6:19)
08. London Derriere (4:06)
09. King's Road
Blues (5:07)
'Last Night When We Were Young' with Art Farmer, 1957, originally ABC LP 20010. Two Sleepy People (3:20)
11. Someone To Watch Over Me (3:34)
12. I Concentrate On You (2:51)
13. Ill Wind (3:42)
14. Last Night When We Were Young (2:58)
15. Out Of This World (4:11)
16. When I Fall In Love (3:32)
17. Tangerine (2:46)
18. What's Good About Goodbye (3:41)
CD3
'Harry Arnold + Quincy Jones = Jazz!', 1958, originally Mercury LP 8000601. Quincy's Home Again (2:31)
02. Midnight Sun Never Sets (4:06)
03. Cherokee (3:16)
04. Count 'Em (5:30)
05. Brief Encounter (3:04)
06. Room (3:14)
07. Kinda
Blues (5:59)
08. Meet Benny Bailey (3:49)
09. Doodlin' (5:12)
'The Birth Of A Band', 1959, originally Mercury LP 6012910. The Birth Of A BAnd (2:56)
11. Moonin' (3:11)
12. I Remember Clifford (3:44)
13. Along Came Betty (3:19)
14. Tickle Toe (2:58)
15. Happy Faces (2:44)
16. Whisper Not (3:23)
17. The Gypsy (4:07)
18. A Change Of Pace (3:22)
19. Tuxedo Junction (2:45)
CD4
'The Birth Of A Band Vol. 2', 1984, originally Mercury Japan only LP I95J-3001. Syncopated Clock (2:46)
02. Choo Choo Ch-Boogie (2:29)
03. The Midnight Sun Will Never Set (2:44)
04. The Preacher (2:55)
05. Marchin' The
Blues (2:44)
06. Moanin' (3:04)
07. Happy Faces (2:42)
08. Daylie Double (6:04)
09. Pleasingly Plump (2:27)
10. A Parisian Thoroughfare (3:49)
11. G'wan Train (3:01)
'The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones', 1959, originally Mercury LP 6022112. Lester Leaps In (3:34)
13. Ghana (4:37)
14. Caravan (3:30)
15. Everybody's
Blues (4:14)
16. Cherrokee (Indian Love Song) (3:10)
17. Air Mail Special (2:35)
18. They Say It's Wonderful (3:23)
19. Chant Of The Weed (3:13)
20. I Never Has Seen Snow (3:07)
21. Eesom (5:08)