The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones

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

The Great Wide World of 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)

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

1. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) – 3:33
2. "Ghana" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:36
3. "Caravan" (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:28
4. "Everybody's Blues" (Wilkins) – 4:13
5. "Cherokee (Indian Love Song)" (Ray Noble) – 3:05
6. "Air Mail Special" (Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Jimmy Mundy) – 2:33
7. "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) – 3:21
8. "Chant of the Weed" (Don Redman) – 3:14
9. "I Never Has Seen Snow" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 3:08
10. "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