SR-61050: Quincy Plays For Pussycats / Quincy Jones

	Label Type :	red Mercury type B
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SR 61050-A- M2    (and some unreadable inscribed marks)
		SIDE-B	SR 61050-B- M1    (and some unreadable inscribed marks)

Comments

Track A-5 is electronically-reprocessed stereo from monaural master.

Inside The Groove

Quincy Jones' compiation from various sessions thru 1959 - 1965.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

This LP holds variety of Quincy Jones Orchestra's tracks from 1959 thru 1965. Some are great jazzy big-band, while some sounds like space-age instrumental pop music.

The earliest tracks (A-3, A-4, B-3) are outtakes from March 1959 session for 45rpms. The personnel (and the music) resembles to his 1st leader LP on Mercury MG-20444 / SR-60129.

B-4 is an outtake from February 1961 session for Mercury PPS-2014 / PPS-6014.

B-5 is an outtake from June 1962 session which resembles to his famous Bossa Nova LP MG-20751 / SR-60751.

The rest are 1964-1965 session when Quincy Jones' music was beginning to change into a brand new breed...

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

6 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

A-3, A-4, B-3:
Harry Edison (tp), Joe Newman (tp), Ernie Royal (tp), Clark Terry (tp),
Billy Byers (tb), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Urbie Green (tb), Tom Mitchell (tb),
Julius Watkins (frh),
Jerome Richardson (fl, as, ts), Phil Woods (as),
Budd Johnson (ts), Sam ``The Man'' Taylor (ts), Sahib Shihab (bs),
Patti Bown (p), Kenny Burrell (g), Milt Hinton (b), Sam Woodyard (d),
Jimmy Crawford (per), Quincy Jones (arr, cond).
Recorded at Fine Recording, New York City on March 9 and 10, 1959.

B-4:
Benny Bailey (tp), Ernie Royal (tp), Clark Terry (tp),
Curtis Fuller (tb), Julius Watkins (frh),
Phil Woods (as), Eric Dixon (ts, fl), Jerome Richardson (ts, fl), Sahib Shihab (bs, fl),
Patti Bown (p), Don Arnone (g), Jimmy Crawford (ds), Stu Martin (ds),
Mike Olatunji (per), Tito Puente (per), Carlos ``Patato'' Valdez (per),
Quincy Jones (arr, cond), others unkonwn.
Recorded at Fine Recording, New York City on February 21, 1961.

B-5:
Quincy Jones (arr, cond) and his Orchestra (detailed personnel unknown).
Recorded in New York City on June 15, 1962.

A-5:
Quincy Jones (arr, cond) and his Orchestra (detailed personnel unknown).
Recorded in New York City on November 27, 1964.

A-2, B-2:
Quincy Jones (arr, cond) and his Orchestra (detailed personnel unknown).
Recorded in New York City on March 3 or 10, 1965.

A-1, A-6, B-1, B-6:
Quincy Jones (arr, cond) and his Orchestra (detailed personnel unknown).
Recorded in New York City on August 5, 1965.