The Birth of a Band!
# The Birth of a Band!

The Birth of a Band! is an album by Quincy Jones that was released by Mercury with performances by Zoot Sims, Clark Terry, Harry Edison, and Phil Woods.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

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| Allmusic | |

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it "one of his finest jazz recordings".

## Track listing

* "The Birth of a Band" (Quincy Jones) – 2:53
* "Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons) – 3:02
* "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 3:42
* "Along Came Betty" (Golson) – 3:21
* "Tickle Toe" (Lester Young) – 2:55
* "Happy Faces" (Sonny Stitt) – 2:40
* "Whisper Not" (Golson) – 3:22
* "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid) – 4:05
* "A Change of Pace" (Harry Arnold, Quincy Jones) – 3:20
* "Tuxedo Junction" (Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne) – 2:44

## Personnel

* Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor
* Harry Edison – trumpet
* Joe Newman – trumpet
* Ernie Royal – trumpet
* Clark Terry – trumpet
* Joe Wilder – trumpet
* Billy Byers – trombone
* Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
* Urbie Green – trombone
* Melba Liston – trombone
* Tom Mitchell – trombone
* Julius Watkins – French horn
* Jerome Richardson – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piccolo
* Frank Wess – alto saxophone, flute
* Phil Woods – alto saxophone
* Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
* Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone
* Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
* Sam Taylor – tenor saxophone
* Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
* Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone
* Patti Bown – piano
* Moe Wechsler – piano
* Kenny Burrell– guitar
* Les Spann – guitar
* Milt Hinton – bass
* Jimmy Crawford - drums
* Osie Johnson – drums
* Don Lamond – drums
* Sam Woodyard – drums
