ProJazz.net

This Is How I Feel About Jazz is a 1957 album by American musician Quincy Jones, his first full-length album as a bandleader after a recording debut with the 1955 split album Jazz Abroad.

Track listing:
“Walkin'” (Richard Carpenter) – 10:47
“Stockholm Sweetnin’ ” (Jones) – 5:41
“Evening in Paris” (Jones) – 4:09
“Sermonette” (Julian Adderley, Jon Hendricks) – 5:58
“A Sleepin’ Bee” (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 4:42
“Boo’s Blues” (Jones) – 5:15

Personnel:
Quincy Jones – conductor, arranger (1–6)
Tracks 1-2, session from September 29, 1956

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

Tracks 3-4, session from September 14, 1956

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

Tracks 5-6, session from September 19, 1956

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

_____________________

Released: February 1957, CD: 1992
Recorded: September 14, 19 and 29, 1956; February 25, 1957
Studio: Beltone Recording Studios, New York City; Los Angeles
Length: 36:32
Label: LP: ABC-Paramount
CD: Impulse!/GRP
Producer: Creed Taylor