The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones

1959 studio album by Quincy Jones

Studio album by

Quincy Jones

Released

1959

Recorded

November 4 & 9, 1959

Studio

Fine Recording, New York City

Genre

Jazz

Label

Mercury

Quincy Jones chronology

The Birth of a Band!
(1959)

The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones
(1959)

I Dig Dancers
(1960)

The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones is an album by Quincy Jones that was released by Mercury.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
DownBeat	^[2]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called it "a top-notch bop-oriented big band".^[3]

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

References

^ Mercury Records Catalog accessed October 21, 2015
^ Gleason, Ralph J. (26 May 1960). "Quincy Jones: The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 11. p. 32.
^ Yanow, Scott. The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2015.

Quincy Jones

Albums

Jazz Abroad
This Is How I Feel About Jazz
Go West, Man!
Quincy's Home Again
The Birth of a Band!
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones
I Dig Dancers
The Quintessence
Big Band Bossa Nova
Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits
Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini
Golden Boy
Quincy Plays for Pussycats
Quincy's Got a Brand New Bag
Walking In Space
Gula Matari
Smackwater Jack
You've Got It Bad Girl
Body Heat
Mellow Madness
I Heard That!!
Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!
The Dude
Back on the Block
Q's Jook Joint
The Original Jam Sessions 1969
Q: Soul Bossa Nostra

Compilations

From Q with Love

Live albums

Singles

"Soul Bossa Nova"
"Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater)"
"Stuff Like That"
"Ai No Corrida"
"Just Once"
"One Hundred Ways"
"I'll Be Good to You"
"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)"

Other works

With Michael Jackson	The Wiz Off the Wall E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Thriller Bad
With Frank Sinatra	It Might as Well Be Swing Sinatra at the Sands L.A. Is My Lady
Single collaborations	"It's My Party" with Lesley Gore "We Are the World" with USA for Africa "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" with Artists for Haiti

Films

The Color Purple (1985 film)
Quincy
The Color Purple (2023 film)

v t e Lee Morgan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956) Introducing Lee Morgan (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Dizzy Atmosphere (1957) Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (1957) City Lights (1957) The Cooker (1957) Candy (1957–58) Peckin' Time (1958) Monday Night at Birdland (1958) Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959) Here's Lee Morgan (1960) Lee-Way (1960) Expoobident (1960) The Young Lions (1960) Take Twelve (1962) The Sidewinder (1963) Search for the New Land (1964) Tom Cat (1964) Cornbread (1965) Infinity (1965) The Gigolo (1965) The Night of the Cookers (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Rumproller (1965) Delightfulee (1966) Charisma (1966) The Rajah (1966) Standards (1967) Sonic Boom (1967) The Procrastinator (1967–69) The Sixth Sense (1967) Taru (1968) Caramba! (1968) Live at the Lighthouse (1970) The Last Session (1971)
With Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Theory of Art (aka, A Night in Tunisia, 1957) Drums Around the Corner (1958–59) Moanin' (1958) 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958) Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958) Les Liaisons dangereuses (1958) Africaine (1959) At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959) Paris Jam Session (1959) The Big Beat (1960) A Night in Tunisia (1960) Like Someone in Love (1960) Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961) The Freedom Rider (1961) The Witch Doctor (1961) Roots & Herbs (1961) Pisces (1961–64) Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) 'S Make It (1964) Soul Finger (1965) Hold On, I'm Coming (1965)
With Hank Mobley	Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (1956) No Room for Squares (1963) Dippin' (1965) A Caddy for Daddy (1965) A Slice of the Top (1966) Straight No Filter (1966) Third Season (1967)
With others	Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958) Blue Train (John Coltrane, 1957) Intensity (Charles Earland, 1972) Charles III (Charles Earland, 1972) Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959) Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959) The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (1959) Images of Curtis Fuller (1960) Dizzy in Greece (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (Benny Golson, 1958) A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957) Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966) Last Chorus (Ernie Henry, 1957) Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968) Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969) Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971) The Prime Element (Elvin Jones, 1969) Drums Around the World (Philly Joe Jones, 1959) The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959) Cliff Jordan (Clifford Jordan, 1957) Kelly Great (Wynton Kelly, 1959) Greasy Kid Stuff! (Harold Mabern, 1970) Jacknife (Jackie McLean, 1965) Consequence (Jackie McLean, 1965) Evolution (Grachan Moncur, 1963) Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959) Night Dreamer (Wayne Shorter, 1964) House Party (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) The Sermon! (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) Mr. Natural (Stanley Turrentine, 1964) Tender Moments (McCoy Tyner, 1967) Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967) Mother Ship (Larry Young, 1969) Love Bug (Reuben Wilson, 1969)
Discography