''I Dig Dancers'' is an album
Quincy Jones that was released by
Mercury
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* Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg
* Mercury (mythology), a Roman god
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with performances recorded in Paris and New York City.
[Mercury Records Catalog](_blank)
accessed October 22, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.
[AllMusic listing](_blank)
accessed October 22, 2015
Track listing
# "Pleasingly Plump" (Quincy Jones) - 2:15
# "G'wan Train" (Patti Bown) - 6:20
# "
Moonglow" (Will Hudson,
Irving Mills
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,
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
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) - 3:10
# "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set" (
Quincy Jones,
Henri Salvador,
Dorcas Cochran) - 4:29
# "Trouble On My Mind" (
Ray Noble) - 2:51
# "
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History
The song has become a pop and jazz standard, recorded by many artists.
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" (
Louis Prima, Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes) - 2:32
Bonus tracks on CD reissue:
#
"Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell
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) - 3:50
# "Pleasingly Plump" irst Take
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(Jones) - 2:29
# "G'wan Train" hort Version(Bown) - 3:00
# " Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere
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Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, she began performing in vaudeville as a child. "St ...
) - 2:07
# "Blues from Free and Easy" (Harold Arlen
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, Johnny Mercer
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) - 2:00
Collective Personnel
* Quincy Jones - arranger
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, conductor
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* Benny Bailey, Freddie Hubbard
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, Lennie Johnson, Jerry Kail, Clyde Reasinger, Floyd Standifer, Clark Terry
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He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...
- trumpet
* Wayne Andre, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland, , Melba Liston, Ã…ke Persson - trombone
* Julius Watkins - French horn
*Joe Lopes, Porter Kilbert
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In September 1942, he replaced Preston Love as lead alto saxophonist in Nat Towles' band, before going on to spend two years with Benny Carter's band, playi ...
, Phil Woods - alto saxophone
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* Budd Johnson, Oliver Nelson, Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone
* Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone
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*Patti Bown
Patti Bown (July 26, 1931, Seattle, Washington – March 21, 2008, Media, Pennsylvania) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and singer.
Early life and career
Bown was born in Seattle, the daughter of Augustus Bown and Edith Ruth Cahill ...
- piano
* Les Spann - guitar, flute
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*Buddy Catlett
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Career
Catlett was born in Long Beach, California, and raise ...
- bass
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*Joe Harris, Stu Martin - drums
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References
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1960 albums
Mercury Records albums
Quincy Jones albums
Albums arranged by Quincy Jones
Albums produced by Hal Mooney