Jazz

The Quincy Jones Big Band / Geo Voumard Trio feat. Benny Bailey in Switzerland

Palais de Beaulieu, 1960 / RTS, 1969

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Cast

The Quincy Jones Big Band

Quincy Jones — Conductor, trumpeter

Phil Woods — Alto saxophonist

Porter Kilbert — Alto saxophonist

Jerome Richardson — Singer, Tenor/saxophonist

Sahib Shihab — Flutist, Baritone saxophonist

Julius Watkins — Hornist

Benny Bailey — Trumpeter

Roger Guérin — Trumpeter

Floyd Standifer — Trumpeter

Clyde Reasinger — Trumpeter

Melba Liston — Trombonist

Quentin Jackson — Trombonist

Åke Persson — Trombonist

Jimmy Cleveland — Trombonist

Les Spann — Flutist, electric guitar

Patti Bown — Pianist

Buddy Catlett — Double bassist

Program notes

Discover a treasured rarity, one of the few filmed concerts by the Quincy Jones Big Band—recorded in 1960 by Radio Télévision Suisse at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne! Charged with history, this moment marks the beginning of the legendary, decades-spanning career of a true original: "an always powerful swing," notes journalist Jean Landier, "despite the complexity of the arrangement, and a unique palette of timbres thanks to a subtle combination of brasses and reeds."

Jones's concert is followed by a performance by American trumpeter Benny Bailey, recorded at the RTS studios in 1969 with Swiss musicians from the Geo Voumard Trio. A member of the Quincy Jones Big Band, Bailey kicked off his career playing with Jay McShann, Dizzy Gillespie, and Lionel Hampton before moving to Europe and collaborating with more big names like Kenny Clarke, Dexter Gordon, and Stan Getz.

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