''This Is How I Feel About Jazz'' is a 1957 album by American musician Quincy Jones, his first full-length album as a bandleader after a recording debut with the 1955

split album A split album (or split) is a music album that includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There are also singles and EPs of the same variety, which are often called "split singles" and "split EPs" respectively. Split albums differ from "var ...

Jazz Abroad ''Jazz Abroad'' is a split album by American jazz drummer Roy Haynes and Quincy Jones with tracks recorded in Sweden in 1953 and 1954 and released by EmArcy Records, EmArcy.Art Farmer Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, double ...

, Phil Woods, Lucky Thompson,

Hank Jones Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored ...

, Paul Chambers,

Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solo ...

Art Pepper Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known ...

, Zoot Sims, and Herbie Mann. The bonus tracks on the CD release include compositions by Jimmy Giuffre,

Lennie Niehaus Leonard Niehaus (June 1, 1929 – May 28, 2020) was an American alto saxophonist, composer and arranger on the West Coast jazz scene. He played with the Stan Kenton Orchestra and served as one of Kenton's primary staff arrangers. He also playe ...

and Charlie Mariano. The album was produced by

Creed Taylor Creed Bane Taylor V (May 13, 1929 – August 22, 2022) was an American record producer, best known for his work with CTI Records, which he founded in 1967. His career also included periods at Bethlehem Records, ABC-Paramount Records (including ...

and released by

ABC-Paramount ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955. It originated as the main popular music label operated by the Am-Par Record Corporation. Am-Par also created the Impulse! Records, Impulse! jazz label in 1960. It acquire ...

. The digital reissue on CD in 1992 was repackaged with the label

Impulse! Impulse! Records (occasionally styled as "¡mpulse! Records" and "¡!") is an American jazz record company and label established by Creed Taylor in 1960. John Coltrane was among Impulse!'s earliest signings. Thanks to consistent sales and positiv ...

, ABCs sub-label for contemporary jazz established by Taylor four years after these sessions took place. The Impulse! version has a cover similar to the original but with the Impulse! logo.

Track listing

''Additional tracks on CD release (1992) from ''

Go West, Man! ''Go West, Man!'' is the second studio album by Quincy Jones. It was released in 1957 by ABC Records. Track listing # "Dancin' Pants" (Jimmy Giuffre) – 3:50 # "Blues Day" (Giuffre) – 4:40 # "Bright Moon" (Giuffre) – 5:20 # "No Bones at Al ...

Personnel

* Quincy Jones - conductor, arranger (1–6) Tracks 1-2, session from September 29, 1956 *

Art Farmer Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, double ...

, Bernie Glow,

Ernie Royal Ernest Andrew Royal (June 2, 1921 in Los Angeles, California – March 16, 1983 in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter. His older brother was clarinetist and alto saxophonist Marshal Royal, with whom he appears on the classic Ray Charles big ban ...

, Joe Wilder - trumpet * Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank Rehak - trombone * Phil Woods - alto saxophone * Jerome Richardson - flute and tenor saxophone * Lucky Thompson, Bunny Bardach - tenor saxophone * Jack Nimitz - baritone sax *

- piano * Paul Chambers - bass *

Charlie Persip Charles Lawrence Persip (July 26, 1929 – August 23, 2020), known as Charli Persip and formerly as Charlie Persip (he changed the spelling of his name to Charli in the late 1960s), was an American jazz drummer. Biography Born in Morristown, N ...

- drums Tracks 3-4, session from September 14, 1956 *Art Farmer - trumpet *Jimmy Cleveland - trombone * Herbie Mann - flute * Gene Quill - alto saxophone * Zoot Sims (#3), Lucky Thompson (#4) - tenor saxophone *Jack Nimitz - baritone sax *

- vibes *Hank Jones - piano *

Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and ...

- bass *Charlie Persip - drums Tracks 5-6, session from September 19, 1956 *Art Farmer - trumpet *Jimmy Cleveland - trombone *Herbie Mann - flute *Phil Woods - alto saxophone *Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone *Jack Nimitz - baritone sax * Billy Taylor - piano *Charles Mingus - bass *Charlie Persip - drums Added tracks 7–12, session from February 25, 1957 * Bill Perkins, Buddy Collette and Walter Benton - tenor saxophone * Pepper Adams - baritone sax (10-12) *

Carl Perkins Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998)#nytimesobit, Pareles. was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, Tennes ...

- piano * Leroy Vinnegar - bass * Shelly Manne - drums *Arrangements by Jimmy Giuffre (7, 10),

(8, 9), Charlie Mariano (11)

Production

*The original album tracks were recorded by Irv Greenbaum at Beltone Recording Studios, NYC. *Originally produced by

*Added tracks from the album ''Go West, Man!'' were originally recorded by John Kraus and produced by Quincy Jones. *Digital remastering by Erick Labson *Reissue post-production – Adam Zelinka, Joseph Doughney, Michael Landy *Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna *Executive Producers – Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen

References

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