The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions

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Release Date: 2007

Label: Mosaic Records

Ⓟ 2007 this compilation by The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
© 2007 Mosaic Records L.L.C.

Release includes a luxury booklet of 16 pages with discography, photos and liner notes of Brian Priestley.
Limited edition of 7.500 copies.

# 1-1 to 1-6 are mono, all other selection are stereo.

Tracks grouped in the boxset:
# 1-1 to 1-14: The ABC/Impulse Sessions.
# 2-1 to 2-10: The Birth Of A Band.
# 2-11 to 2-21: The Birth Of A Band Bonus Tracks.
# 3-1 to 3-10: The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones.
# 3-11 to 3-20: I Dig Dancers.
# 3-21 to 3-23: The I Dig Dancers Bonus Tracks.
# 4-1 to 4-6: The Zurich Concert.
# 4-7 to 4-9: The Zurich Jam Session.
# 5-1 to 5-8: The Newport Concert.
# 5-9 to 5-11: We Had A Ball.

Sessions location and date:
# 1-3, 1-5: Beltone Studios, NYC, September 14, 1956.
# 1-2, 1-6: Beltone Studios, NYC, September 19, 1956.
# 1-1, 1-4: Beltone Studios, NYC, September 29, 1956.
# 1-11, 1-14: Capitol Studios, NYC, November 29, 1961.
# 1-8, 1-9, 1-12: Capitol Studios, NYC, December 18, 1961.
# 1-7, 1-10, 1-13: Capitol Studios, NYC, December 22, 1961.
# 2-10, 2-21: Fine Recording, NYC, February 9 or 10, 1959.
# 2-9, 2-14 to 2-20: Fine Recording, NYC, March 9 & 10, 1959.
# 2-2, 2-6, 2-13: Fine Recording, NYC, May 26, 1959.
# 2-3 to 2-5, 2-7, 2-8, 2-11: Fine Recording, NYC, May 27 & 28, 1959.
# 2-1, 2-12: Fine Recording, NYC, June 16, 1959.
# 3-4 to 3-6, 3-8 to 3-10: Fine Recording, NYC, November 4, 1959.
# 3-1 to 3-3, 3-7: Fine Recording, November 9, 1959.
# 3-13, 3-17: Barclay Studios, Paris, February 27, 1960.
# 3-11, 3-16: Barclay Studios, Paris, February 29, 1960.
# 3-19 to 3-21: Barclay Studios, Paris, April 21, 1960.
# 3-12, 3-14, 3-15, 3-22, 3-23: Bell Sound, NYC, October 19, 1960.
# 4-1 to 4-6: Live Concert, Zurich, March 10, 1961.
# 4-7 to 4-9: Zurich, March 11, 1961.
# 5-1 to 5-8: Live at the Newport Jazz Festival, July 3, 1961.
# 5-9 to 5-11: NYC, December 20, 1964.

Album index:
ABC-Paramount ABC 149 - Quincy Jones - This Is How I Feel About Jazz.
Impulse AS-11 - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra - The Quintessence.
Limelight LS86002 - Quincy Jones - We Had A Ball.
Mercury SR60129 - Quincy Jones - The Birth Of A Band.
Mercury SR60221 - Quincy Jones - The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones.
Mercury SR60612 - Quincy Jones & Band - I Dig Dancers.
Mercury SR60653 - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra - At Newport '61.
Mercury SR61050 - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra - Quincy Plays For Pussycats.
Mercury (J) 195J-30 - Quincy Jones - The Birth Of A Band Vol.2.
Mercury (J) 195J-32 - Quincy Jones - The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones: Live!.
Mercury (J) 195J-10089 - Quincy Jones And His Orchestra - At Newport '61.
Smash SRS67034 - Curtis Fuller And The Jazz Ambassador.

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