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3 Collective Personnel  





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I Dig Dancers
Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedFebruary 27 & 29, April 21; October 19, 1960
Studio
  • Barclay (Paris)
  • Bell Sound (New York City)
  • GenreJazz
    LabelMercury
    ProducerHal Mooney
    Quincy Jones chronology
    The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones
    (1959)
    I Dig Dancers
    (1961)
    The Quintessence
    (1962)

    I Dig Dancers is an album Quincy Jones that was released by Mercury with performances recorded in Paris and New York City.[1]

    Reception[edit]

    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic

    AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[2]

    Track listing[edit]

    1. "Pleasingly Plump" (Quincy Jones) - 2:15
    2. "G'wan Train" (Patti Bown) - 6:20
    3. "Moonglow" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange) - 2:47
    4. "Tone Poem" (Melba Liston) - 3:40
    5. "You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell) - 2:30
    6. "Chinese Checkers" (David Carr Glover) - 2:41
    7. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:10
    8. "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set" (Quincy Jones, Henri Salvador, Dorcas Cochran) - 4:29
    9. "Trouble On My Mind" (Ray Noble) - 2:51
    10. "A Sunday Kind of Love" (Louis Prima, Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes) - 2:32

    Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

    1. "Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell) - 3:50
    2. "Pleasingly Plump" [First Take] (Jones) - 2:29
    3. "G'wan Train" [Short Version] (Bown) - 3:00
    4. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 2:07
    5. "Blues from Free and Easy" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:00

    Collective Personnel[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Mercury Records Catalog accessed October 22, 2015
  • ^ AllMusic listing, accessed October 22, 2015

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Dig_Dancers&oldid=1209585873"

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