The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones is an album by Quincy Jones that was released by Mercury.Mercury Records Catalog accessed October 21, 2015
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
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