The Birth of a Band! is an album by Quincy Jones that was released by Mercury with performances by Zoot Sims, Clark Terry, Harry Edison, and Phil Woods.Mercury Records Catalog accessed October 21, 2015
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it "one of his finest jazz recordings".
Track listing "The Birth of a Band" (Quincy Jones) – 2:53 "Moanin' (Bobby Timmons) – 3:02 "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 3:42 "Along Came Betty" (Golson) – 3:21 "Tickle Toe" (Lester Young) – 2:55 "Happy Faces" (Sonny Stitt) – 2:40 "Whisper Not" (Golson) – 3:22 "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid) – 4:05 "A Change of Pace" (Harry Arnold, Quincy Jones) – 3:20 "Tuxedo Junction" (Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne) – 2:44
Personnel Quincy Jones – conductor, arranger: Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 Nat Pierce – arranger Track 3 Al Cohn – arranger Track 5 Melba Liston – arranger Track 8 Harry Edison – trumpet Joe Newman – trumpet Ernie Royal – trumpet Clark Terry – trumpet Joe Wilder – trumpet Billy Byers – trombone Jimmy Cleveland – trombone Urbie Green – trombone Melba Liston – trombone Tom Mitchell – trombone Julius Watkins – French horn Jerome Richardson – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piccolo Frank Wess – alto saxophone, flute Phil Woods – alto saxophone Benny Golson – tenor saxophone Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone Sam Taylor – tenor saxophone Danny Bank – baritone saxophone Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone Patti Bown – piano Moe Wechsler – piano Kenny Burrell– guitar Les Spann – guitar Milt Hinton – bass Jimmy Crawford – drums Osie Johnson – drums Don Lamond – drums Sam Woodyard – drums
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