This Is How I Feel About Jazz is a 1957 album by American musician Quincy Jones, his first full-length album as a bandleader after a recording debut with the 1955 split album Jazz Abroad.
Jones arranged and conducted three recording sessions during September 1956, each with a different line-up, from a nonet to a fifteen-piece big band. Musicians on the album include Charles Mingus, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Lucky Thompson, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers, Milt Jackson, Art Pepper, Zoot Sims, and Herbie Mann. The bonus tracks on the CD release include compositions by Jimmy Giuffre, Lennie Niehaus and Charlie Mariano.
The album was produced by Creed Taylor and released by ABC-Paramount. The digital reissue on CD in 1992 was repackaged with the label Impulse!, ABCs sub-label for contemporary jazz established by Taylor four years after these sessions took place. The Impulse! version has a cover similar to the original but with the Impulse! logo.
Track listing
Additional tracks on CD release (1992) from Go West, Man!
Personnel Quincy Jones - conductor, arranger (1–6)
Tracks 1–2, session from September 29, 1956 Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder - trumpet Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank Rehak - trombone Phil Woods - alto saxophone Jerome Richardson - flute and tenor saxophone Lucky Thompson, Bunny Bardach - tenor saxophone Jack Nimitz - baritone sax Hank Jones - piano Paul Chambers - bass Charlie Persip - drums
Tracks 3–4, session from September 14, 1956 Art Farmer - trumpet Jimmy Cleveland - trombone Herbie Mann - flute Gene Quill - alto saxophone Zoot Sims (#3), Lucky Thompson (#4) - tenor saxophone Jack Nimitz - baritone sax Milt Jackson - vibes Hank Jones - piano Charles Mingus - bass Charlie Persip - drums
Tracks 5–6, session from September 19, 1956 Art Farmer - trumpet Jimmy Cleveland - trombone Herbie Mann - flute Phil Woods - alto saxophone Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone Jack Nimitz - baritone sax Billy Taylor - piano Charles Mingus - bass Charlie Persip - drums
Added tracks 7–12, session from February 25, 1957 Bill Perkins, Buddy Collette and Walter Benton - tenor saxophone Pepper Adams - baritone sax (10–12) Carl Perkins - piano Leroy Vinnegar - bass Shelly Manne - drums Arrangements by Jimmy Giuffre (7, 10), Lennie Niehaus (8, 9), Charlie Mariano (11)
Production The original album tracks were recorded by Irv Greenbaum at Beltone Recording Studios, NYC. Originally produced by Creed Taylor Added tracks from the album Go West, Man! were originally recorded by John Kraus and produced by Quincy Jones. Digital remastering by Erick Labson Reissue post-production – Adam Zelinka, Joseph Doughney, Michael Landy Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna Executive Producers – Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen
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