The public quickly places him as the producer of the best Michael Jackson records, but jazz fans know the revolution caused by the young Quincy Jones, who, being little more than a teenager, arranged for Dizzy Gilespie and Lionel Hampton. This hero of jazz, pop, funk, soul and film music is barely a month younger than Yoko Ono. After 80 Grammy nominations, it seems that no more tributes were needed and perhaps that’s why only one label set out to celebrate his birthday in the form of this timely reissue of the box set that testifies to the exact point of Quincy’s takeoff. It is his first authentic first own project was his Big Band that debuted in 1959 with the album “Birth of the Band”, which faced the public on a European tour during 1960. Hence the importance of these 4 albums with almost all the concerts that were recorded during that tour where Jones was transforming the themes of the album as he matured as the director of that orchestra that included virtuosos such as Phil Woods, Sahib Shinab, Clark Terry and Quentin Jackson. Gems like “Moaning”, the different variations on “Phantom Blues” plus his personal tributes to Lester Young, Benny Goodman or, why not, Claude Debussy, make these recordings something unique that shows the awakening of a true genius.
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