Quincy Jones

 

Artist:  Quincy Jones

Birth Name:  Quincy Delight Jones Jr.

Born:  March 14,1933.  Chicago,, Illinois, USA

Genre:  Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Big Band, Swing, Bossa Nova, Jazz, Hip Hop, Rock & Roll, Pop, Disco

Occupation:  Record Producer, Conductor, Arranger, Record Executive, Songwriter, Musician, Composer, Film and Television Producer

Instruments:  Trumpet

Quincy Jones is an American Record Producer, Musician, Songwriter, Composer, Arranger, Film and Television Producer from Chicago, Illinois.  His career spans in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys and a Grammy Legend Award un 1992.  He worked on Pop Music and producing Lesley Gore's major pop hits including "It's My Party", and Jazz Artists Frank Sinatra and Count Basie.  He became the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original  Song for "The Eyes Of Love" (1968), he was also nominated for an Academy Award For Best Original Score of his work in Cold Blood (1967).  He produced three of Popstar Michael Jackson's most successful albums:  Off The War (1979), Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987).  He produced and conduced the charity song "We Are The World", which raised funds for victims of Famine in Ethiopia.  In 1971, he became the first African American to be the musical director and conductor of the Academy Awards.  He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as the Winner.  He was named one of the most influential Jazz musicians of the 20th Century by Time.

Title:  The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones (Special Edition)(2026)

Genre:  Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Big Band, Swing, Bossa Nova, Jazz, Hip Hop, Rock & Roll, Pop, Disco

Label:  Ermitage

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Lester Leaps In (3:37)

 2.  Ghana (4:40)

 3.  Caravan (3:32)

 4.  Everybody's Blues (4:17)

 5.  Cherokee (Indian Love Song) (3:11)

Side Two:

 1.  Air Mail Special (2:37)

 2.  They Say It's Wonderful (3:26)

 3.  Chant Of The Weed (3:16)

 4.  I Never Has Seen Snow (3:13)

 5.  Eesom (5:06)

Personnel:

Quincy Jones:  Conductor

Art Farmer:  Trumpet

Lennie Johnson:  Trumpet

Jimmy Maxwell:  Trumpet

Lee Morgan:  Trumpet

Ernie Royal:  Trumpet

Nick Travis:  Trumpet

Billy Byers:  Trombone

Jimmy Cleveland:  Trombone

Urbie Green:  Trombone

Frank Rehak:  Trombone

Julius Watkins:  French Horn

Porter Kilbert:  Tenor Saxophone

Jerome Richardson:  Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo

Sahib Shihab:  Baritone Saxophone

Patti Brown:  Piano

Les Spann:  Guitar, Flute

Buddie Jones:  Bass

Buddy Catlett:  Bass

Don Lamond:  Drums

The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones  is an album by Quincy Jones, originally released in 1959 by Mercury, remastered and reissued on January 16, 2026 by Ermitage.  Special Edition Yellow Colour Vinyl.