Quincy – Here We Come Explained

Quincy - Here We Come
Type:	Album
Artist:	Benny Bailey
Cover:	Quincy - Here We Come.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	October 8, 1959 Millessalen Recording Studios in Stockholm, Sweden
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Metronome MLP 15030
Producer:	Nat Hentoff
Chronology:	Benny Bailey
Next Title:	Big Brass
Next Year:	1960

Quincy – Here We Come is an album led by trumpeter Benny Bailey, trombonist Åke Persson and drummer Joe Harris featuring performances recorded in Sweden in 1959 and originally released on the Swedish Metronome label.^[1] The album was released in the US in 1960 as The Music of Quincy Jones on Argo Records.^{[2] [3]} The album is one of the earliest devoted solely to the compositions of Quincy Jones and emerged from his work in Europe in the late 1950s.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Quincy Jones

1. "The Golden Touch" (Jones, Oscar Pettiford) - 5:01
2. "Jones Beach" - 4:52
3. "The Midnight Sun Never Sets" (Jones, Dorcas Cochran, Henri Salvador) - 4:55
4. "I'm Gone" (Jones, King Pleasure) - 5:15
5. "Meet Benny Bailey" - 2:48
6. "Count 'Em" (Jones, Jimmy Cleveland) - 7:33
7. "Fallen Feathers" - 3:30
8. "Plenty, Plenty Soul" (Jones, Milt Jackson) - 3:32

Personnel

• Benny Bailey - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7)
• Åke Persson - trombone (tracks 1, 3, 4-6 & 8)
• Arne Domnérus - alto saxophone (tracks 2, 4 & 5)
• Bjarne Nerem - tenor saxophone (tracks 4-6)
  • Gunnar Svensson (track 1), Gösta Theselius (tracks 3-6) - piano Lennart Jansson (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 8) - baritone saxophone
• Gunnar Johnson - bass
• Anders Burman (tracks 3 & 6), Joe Harris (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8) - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.discogs.com/Joe-Harris-%C3%85ke-Persson-Benny-Bailey-Quincy-Here-We-Come/release/2741068 Discogs album entry
2. Edwards, D., & Callahan, M., Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956-1965) accessed October 21, 2015
3. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Argo_Cadet_600.htm Jazzlists Argo/Cadet Label Discography
4. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-music-of-quincy-jones-mw0000511704 Allmusic listing