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Quincy Jones.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- RTBF Archives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States and Canada.
- Traditional Big Band.
- Jazz.
- Orchestras.
- Jazz music.
- Concerts.
- Musical performances.
- Music.
- Local Subjects:
- United States and Canada.
- Traditional Big Band.
- Jazz.
- Orchestras.
- Jazz music.
- Concerts.
- Musical performances.
- Music.
- Genre:
- Performance
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (25 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris, Ile-de-France : Qwest TV, 1961.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Quincy Jones has done many things in his long and eventful career in music, but it may come as a surprise to even those who think they can trace the many paths this contemporary polymath has taken that he once led one of the great big bands in jazz history. With Jones as arranger and conductor, this top notch orchestra established itself, in its short but momentous lifespan, as a benchmark ensemble. Exuberant, tight as a drum and bursting with spectacular soloists, the Quincy Jones big band could bring new life to jazz classics and make new pieces jump with joy. Jones’s arrangements harnessed the power of the full ensemble with imagination and vigor but also gave plenty of room to individual talent. And what talent! Look at who is filling the ranks of this band: alto saxophonist Phil Woods, trumpeters Clark Terry and Benny Bailey, tenor saxophonists Budd Johnson and Jerome Richardson, baritone saxophonist Sahib Shihab, trombonist Melba Liston and pianist Patti Bown, to name just a few of the luminaries. The repertoire is cream as well. Among the jazz classic that Jones and company put their bright new stamp on include "Moanin’," made famous by Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, and two imperishable Lester Young tunes that the iconic saxophonist introduced with the Count Basie orchestra, "Tickle Toe" and "Lester Leaps In." Phil Woods takes charge of the standard "The Gypsy," a Charlie Parker favorite, and the ensemble also bites into Ernie Wilkins’s "Everybody’s Blues" and Jones’s own "The Birth of a Band." This was truly a big band worth rediscovering. Steve Futterman
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed July 15, 2024).
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