This is How I Feel About Jazz (album)

This Is How I Feel About Jazz is the 1957 debut album by jazz musician Quincy Jones. It was originally released in 1957 on ABC Records. When it was reissued on CD in the 1990s it was repackaged as an Impulse! Records release, the ABC jazz label established by Creed Taylor which did not start releasing records until 1961. The Impulse version has a similar cover to the original, shown here, but with the addition of the famous impulse! logo.

Track listing

 * 1) "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) – 10:47
 * 2) "A Sleepin' Bee" (Arlen, Capote) – 4:42
 * 3) "Sermonette" (Adderley, Hendricks) – 5:58
 * 4) "Stockholm Sweetnin'" (Quincy Jones) – 5:41
 * 5) "Evening in Paris" (Jones) – 4:09
 * 6) "Boo's Blues" (Jones) – 5:15
 * 7) Dancin' Pants
 * 8) Be My Guest
 * 9) Kings Road Blues
 * 10) Bright Moon
 * 11) The Oom Is Blues
 * 12) Ballad Medley: What's New/We'll Be Together Again/Time On My Hands/You Go To My Head/Laura


 * Recorded on September 29 (1, 4), September 14 (3, 5) and September 19, 1956 (2, 6).

Tracks 7-12 were taken from Go West, Man! and included on the Impulse CD version of this album

Track from Go West, Man! not included here

 * 1) Blues Day
 * 2) No Bones at All
 * 3) London Derriere

Performance

 * Quincy Jones - conductor, arranger

Tracks 1-2
 * Jerome Richardson, Bunny Bardach, Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone
 * Phil Woods - alto saxophone
 * Jack Nimitz - baritone sax
 * Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green - trombone
 * Art Farmer, Ernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder - trumpet
 * Hank Jones - piano
 * Paul Chambers - bass
 * Charlie Persip - drums

Tracks 3-4
 * Gene Quill - alto saxophone
 * Lucky Thompson (#4), Zoot Sims (#3) - tenor saxophone
 * Jack Nimitz - baritone sax
 * Art Farmer - trumpet
 * Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
 * Herbie Mann - flute
 * Hank Jones - piano
 * Milt Jackson - vibes
 * Charles Mingus - bass
 * Charlie Persip - drums

Tracks 5-6
 * Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone
 * Phil Woods - alto saxophone
 * Jack Nimitz - baritone sax
 * Art Farmer - trumpet
 * Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
 * Herbie Mann - flute
 * Billy Taylor - piano
 * Charles Mingus - bass
 * Charlie Persip - drums