Tracks1.1 Mau Mau 1.2 Work of Art 1.3 The Little Bandmaster 1.4 Up in Quincy's Room 1.5 Wildwood 1.6 Evening in Paris 1.7 Elephant Walk 1.8 Tia Juana 1.9 Walkin' 1.10 Stockholm Sweetin' 1.11 Evening in Paris 1.12 Sermonette 1.13 A Sleepin' Bee 1.14 Boo's Blues 2.1 The Birth of a Band 2.2 Moanin' 2.3 I Remenber Clifford 2.4 Along Came Betty 2.5 Tickle Toe 2.6 Happy Faces 2.7 Whisper Not 2.8 The Gypsy 2.9 A Change of Pace 2.10 Tuxedo Junction 2.11 Lester Leaps in 2.12 Ghana 2.13 Caravan 2.14 Everybody's Blues 2.15 Cherokee (Indian Love Song) 2.16 Air Mail Special 2.17 They Say It's Wonderful 2.18 Chant of the Weed 2.19 I Never Has Seen Snow 2.20 Eesom 3.1 The Quintessence 3.2 Robot Portrait 3.3 Little Karen 3.4 Straight, No Chaser 3.5 For Lena and Lennie 3.6 Hard Sock Dance 3.7 Invitation 3.8 The Twitch 3.9 Soul Bossa Nova 3.10 Boogie Stop Shuffle 3.11 Desafinado 3.12 Manha de Carnaval 3.13 Se E Tarde Me Pardoa 3.14 On the Street Where You Live 3.15 Samba de Una Nota So 3.16 Lalo Bossa Nova 3.17 Serenata 3.18 Chega de Saudade 4.1 Comin' Home Baby 4.2 Gravy Waltz 4.3 Desafinado 4.4 Exodus 4.5 Cast Your Fate to the Wind 4.6 A Taste of Honey 4.7 Back at the Chicken Shack 4.8 Jive Samba 4.9 Take Five 4.10 Walk on the Wild Side 4.11 Watermelon Man 4.12 Bossa Nova U.S.A 4.13 Baby Elephant Walk 4.14 Charade 4.15 Dreamsville 4.16 Bird Brain 4.17 Days of Wine and Roses 4.18 Mr. Lucky 4.19 The Pink Panther Theme 4.20 (I Love You and) Don't Forget It 4.21 Soldier in the Rain 4.22 Odd Ball 4.23 Moon River 4.24 The Theme from Peter Gun
NotesFirst and foremost, Quincy Jones is a musician, composer and arranger of some of the finest music of the 20th Century, and this 4 CD Set houses his very finest work. Eight original albums released by Jones on Mercury and other labels between 1960 and 1963, on which he was leader or co-leader, remain, certainly for jazz fans, the great man's finest hour. This set includes these integral albums in their entirety and in pristine re-mastered form, complete with full musician lists and release details, to make for perhaps the best collection yet of Quincy Jones's jazz recordings which pre-date almost everything this giant of a man remains most famous for.
At this time (60's) he's experimenting little bit at a time. Check out Disc 3 --- Cut 10. Amazingly original and energetic. Got me hypnotised. But mostly, clinging to Big Band. Great for listening Closely.