I Dig Dancers
1961 studio album by Quincy Jones
I Dig Dancers | ||||
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Studio album by Quincy Jones | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | February 27 & 29, April 21; October 19, 1960 | |||
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Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | Hal Mooney | |||
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I Dig Dancers is an album Quincy Jones that was released by Mercury with performances recorded in Paris and New York City.[1]
Reception
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AllMusic |
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[2]
Track listing
- "Pleasingly Plump" (Quincy Jones) - 2:15
- "G'wan Train" (Patti Bown) - 6:20
- "Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange) - 2:47
- "Tone Poem" (Melba Liston) - 3:40
- "You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell) - 2:30
- "Chinese Checkers" (David Carr Glover) - 2:41
- "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:10
- "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set" (Quincy Jones, Henri Salvador, Dorcas Cochran) - 4:29
- "Trouble On My Mind" (Ray Noble) - 2:51
- "A Sunday Kind of Love" (Louis Prima, Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes) - 2:32
Bonus tracks on CD reissue:
- "Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell) - 3:50
- "Pleasingly Plump" [First Take] (Jones) - 2:29
- "G'wan Train" [Short Version] (Bown) - 3:00
- "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 2:07
- "Blues from Free and Easy" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:00
Collective Personnel
- Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor
- Benny Bailey, Freddie Hubbard, Lennie Johnson, Jerry Kail, Clyde Reasinger, Floyd Standifer, Clark Terry - trumpet
- Wayne Andre, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson, Melba Liston, Åke Persson - trombone
- Julius Watkins - French horn
- Joe Lopes, Porter Kilbert, Phil Woods - alto saxophone
- Budd Johnson, Oliver Nelson, Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone
- Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone
- Patti Bown - piano
- Les Spann - guitar, flute
- Buddy Catlett - bass
- Joe Harris, Stu Martin - drums
References
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- Jazz Abroad
- This Is How I Feel About Jazz
- Go West, Man!
- Quincy's Home Again
- The Birth of a Band!
- The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones
- I Dig Dancers
- The Quintessence
- Big Band Bossa Nova
- Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits
- Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini
- Golden Boy
- Quincy Plays for Pussycats
- Quincy's Got a Brand New Bag
- Walking In Space
- Gula Matari
- Smackwater Jack
- You've Got It Bad Girl
- Body Heat
- Mellow Madness
- I Heard That!!
- Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!
- The Dude
- Back on the Block
- Q's Jook Joint
- The Original Jam Sessions 1969
- Q: Soul Bossa Nostra
- "Soul Bossa Nova"
- "Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater)"
- "Stuff Like That"
- "Ai No Corrida"
- "Just Once"
- "One Hundred Ways"
- "I'll Be Good to You"
- "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)"
With Michael Jackson |
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With Frank Sinatra | |
Single collaborations |
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- The Color Purple (1985 film)
- Quincy
- The Color Purple (2023 film)