Jazz Abroad Explained

Jazz Abroad
Type:	studio
Artist:	Roy Haynes/Quincy Jones
Cover:	Jazz Abroad.jpg
Released:	1955
Recorded:	November 10, 1953 and October 3, 1954
Studio:	Stockholm, Sweden
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	45:07
Label:	EmArcy
Chronology:	Roy Haynes
Prev Title:	Roy Haynes Modern Group
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	We Three
Next Year:	1959

Jazz Abroad is a split album by American jazz drummer Roy Haynes and Quincy Jones with tracks recorded in Sweden in 1953 and 1954 and released by EmArcy.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[2]

Track listing

Side A:

1. "Pogo Stick" (Quincy Jones) - 6:20
2. "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) - 5:36
3. "Jones' Bones" (Jones) - 5:42
4. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans) - 5:54

Side B:

1. "Little Leona" (Adrian Acea) - 4:56
2. "Miss Mopsy" (Joe Benjamin) - 5:07
3. "Gone Again" (Curtis Lewis) - 6:03
4. "Hagnes" (Roy Haynes, Sahib Shihab) - 5:29

• Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on November 10, 1953 (Side A) and October 3, 1954 (Side B)

Personnel

Side A:

• Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor
• Art Farmer - trumpet
• Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
• Åke Persson - trombone
• Arne Domnerus - alto saxophone, clarinet
• Lars Gullin - baritone saxophone
• Bengt Hallberg - piano
• Simon Brehm - bass
• Alan Dawson - drums

Side B:

• Åke Persson - trombone (tracks 1 & 2)
• Bjarne Nerem - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3)
• Ed Gregory - baritone saxophone, alto saxophone (tracks 1-3)
• Adrian Acea - piano
• Joe Benjamin - bass
• Roy Haynes - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury-records/catalog-emarcy-36000-series/#mg-36083 EmArcy discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-abroad-mw0000364250 Allmusic listing