The Quintessence

The Quintessence

Infobox Album |
Name = The Quintessence
Type = Album
Artist = Quincy Jones


Released = 1961
Recorded = 1961
Genre = Jazz
Length = 31:00
Label = Impulse! Records
Producer =

Reviews =
Last album = "The Birth Of A Band, Vol. 1" (1959)
This album = "The Quintessence (1961)
Next album = "" (1961)

The Quintessence is an album released by Quincy Jones and his orchestra. It was released in 1961, his only album on the Impulse! Records Jazz label. It has been called "the sound of the modern, progressive big band at its pinnacle." [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jxfyxqlgldfe allmusic ((( The Quintessence > Overview ))) ] ] The album contains three Jones originals and 5 covers. The album was a continuation of Jones' "Free and Easy" Broadway show, and featured a similar big band personnel he assembled in New York for the show's initial European dates. [ [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=28082 The Quintessence ] ]

Contributors

The core of the band consists of Melba Liston, Phil Woods, Julius Watkins, and bassist Milt Hinton and pianist Patricia Brown on two sessions, with bassist Buddy Catlett and pianist Bobby Scott on another. The trumpet chairs are held alternately by players like Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Thad Jones, and Snooky Young. Oliver Nelson, Frank Wess and Curtis Fuller also contributed. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jxfyxqlgldfe allmusic ((( The Quintessence > Overview ))) ] ]

Track listing

References

ee also

*Quincy Jones discography


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