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.

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

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

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