| The Quintessence | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Quincy Jones |
| Cover: | The Quintessence.jpeg |
| Released: | February 1962[1] |
| Recorded: | November 29, December 18 and 22, 1961 |
| Studio: | Capitol Studios, New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 30:58 |
| Label: | Impulse! |
| Producer: | Bob Thiele |
| Prev Title: | The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones: Live! |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | Big Band Bossa Nova |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
The Quintessence is an album by Quincy Jones and his orchestra. It was released in 1962 and was his only album for Impulse! One critic called it "the sound of the modern, progressive big band at its pinnacle."[2]
Jones's band was an outgrowth of the orchestra used in the Broadway show Free and Easy and featured some of the personnel that Jones assembled in New York for the show's European dates.[3]
The core band consists of Phil Woods, Melba Liston, Julius Watkins, and bassist Milt Hinton and pianist Patricia Bown on two sessions, with bassist Buddy Catlett and pianist Bobby Scott on another. The trumpet chairs are held alternately by players like Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Thad Jones, and Snooky Young. Oliver Nelson, Frank Wess and Curtis Fuller also contributed.
Tracks 5, 8 recorded on November 29, 1961; #2-3, 6 on December 18; 1, 4, 7 on December 22, 1961.
Tracks 1, 4, 7
Tracks 2, 3, 6
Tracks 5, 8