Quincy Jones Go West, Man

"INTEGRAL QUINCY JONES AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1953 - 1959" is a recently released compilation album that showcases the early works of Quincy Jones and his orchestra. This album includes recordings from 1953 to 1959, highlighting the formative years of Jones' prolific career in jazz and big band music. The collection features a range of styles that Quincy Jones is known for, including mainstream jazz and big band arrangements. It offers a glimpse into the early development of Jones' signature sound, which later played a significant role in shaping modern music across various genres.

"INTEGRAL QUINCY JONES AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1953 - 1959" is a recently released compilation album that showcases the early works of Quincy Jones and his orchestra. This album includes recordings from 1953 to 1959, highlighting the formative years of Jones' prolific career in jazz and big band music. The collection features a range of styles that Quincy Jones is known for, including mainstream jazz and big band arrangements. It offers a glimpse into the early development of Jones' signature sound, which later played a significant role in shaping modern music across various genres.

"INTEGRAL QUINCY JONES AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1953 - 1959" is a recently released compilation album that showcases the early works of Quincy Jones and his orchestra. This album includes recordings from 1953 to 1959, highlighting the formative years of Jones' prolific career in jazz and big band music. The collection features a range of styles that Quincy Jones is known for, including mainstream jazz and big band arrangements. It offers a glimpse into the early development of Jones' signature sound, which later played a significant role in shaping modern music across various genres.

The music made by Quincy Jones during the second half 1950s was a stunning example of contemporary jazz during that pivotal decade for the form. Listening back today to these groundbreaking records delightfully illustrate how the dynamic musician, performer, composer and arranger first introduced his extraordinary skills to the world. After spending the first half of the decade working for other musicians, including a number of freelance commissions arranging songs for renowned artists such as Dinah Washington, Duke Ellington, and his close friend Ray Charles, Jones soon decided it was time for him to take the lead. The first album release to feature Quincy as a named artist was the 1955 release on Mercury Records 'Jazz Abroad' on which he featured alongside jazz drummer Roy Haynes. Next up was, 'That's How I feel About Jazz' featuring an all star cast including Art Farmer, Lucky Johnson & Phil Woods - following which he would record and release a further six albums before the end of the 1950s, all for Mercury. Quincy Jones first eight albums, all released during this period, are featured on this 4CD set in their entirety, in glorious re-mastered sound, making this package the most complete Quincy Jones 1950s collection available today.

This 10 CD box set focuses on the early part of Quincy Jones' career and includes complete LPs, such as 'Go West, Man!', 'This Is How I Feel About Jazz' and 'The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones' and live recordings from France, Belgium, Switzerland and Sweden.Disc 10 includes two LPs 'The Music of Quincy Jones as Played By Benny Bailey, Joe Harris, Åke Persson and the The Quincetet' and 'Great Big Band and Friends' by Nat Adderley, Coleman Hawkins and Lucky Thompson with The Harry Arnold Orchestra. The box set features an array of jazz stars, such as Benny Carter, Art Pepper, Zoot Sims, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Oliver Nelson, Clark Terry, Phil Woods and many others.

Quincy Delight Jones Jr.’s achievements as a multi Grammy- and Oscar-winning record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, as well as a film and television producer are the stuff of legends. His incredible career, which spans 70 years in the entertainment industry, began in the 1950s – when the young man from the South Side of Chicago started out as a Jazz trumpeter, soon becoming a popular arranger and successful band leader.

This instalment of the popular NOW 100 Hits series comprises 5 discs of tracks that have featured in motion pictures over the years, including the iconic My Heart Will Go On, The house band at Memphis legendary Stax Records, Booker T & The MGs played on some of the most legendary and unforgettable soul recordings in history.

This instalment of the popular 'NOW 100 Hits' series comprises 5 discs of tracks that have featured in motion pictures over the years, including the iconic 'My Heart Will Go On' (Titanic), '(I've Had) The Time of My Life' (Dirty Dancing), 'Rocket Man' (Rocket Man), any many more.