1955-1962 the Essential Works: - Quincy Jones [VINYL]

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. is known to most people as the producer of some of the best-selling albums in the record-books, and particularly those by Michael Jackson. But Quincy's talents as a producer were only able to bloom because he is an immense musician. For close to seventy years, the man has been writing, playing, producing and recording music. Born in Chicago and raised in Seattle, Quincy befriended Ray Charles in the Forties and went to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. As a trumpeter in the Fifties, Quincy acquired immense experience as an arranger for a great number of orchestras and musicians. The five years (1957-1962) illustrated in this album represent the peak of Quincy's art as an arranger and bandleader.

Disc 1
1. The Birth of a Band - Quincy Jones
2. Moanin - Quincy Jones
3. Along Came Betty - Quincy Jones
4. Tickle Toe - Quincy Jones
5. Happy Faces - Quincy Jones
6. Gwan Train - Quincy Jones
7. Tuxedo Junction - Quincy Jones
8. The Boy in the Tree - Quincy Jones
9. Kinda Blues - Quincy Jones
10. For Lena and Lennie - Quincy Jones
11. Caravan - Quincy Jones
12. The Best Is Yet to Come - Quincy Jones
Disc 2
1. Dancin' Pants - Quincy Jones
2. Doodlin' - Quincy Jones
3. Caravan - Quincy Jones
4. Pleasingly Plump - Quincy Jones
5. The Boy in the Tree (Theme) - Quincy Jones
6. Boogie Stop Shuffle - Quincy Jones
7. Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones
8. Desafinado - Quincy Jones
9. Manha De Carnaval - Quincy Jones
10. Samba De Uma Nota So - Quincy Jones
11. Seranata - Quincy Jones
12. Chega De Saudade - Quincy Jones