I Dig Dancers

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I Dig Dancers
Studio album by Quincy Jones
Released	1961
Recorded	February 27 & 29, April 21; October 19, 1960
Studio	Barclay (Paris) Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Mercury
Producer	Hal 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
Source	Rating
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:

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

Collective Personnel[edit]

• Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor
• Benny Bailey, Freddie Hubbard, Lennie Johnson, Jerry Kail, Clyde Reasinger, Floyd Standifer, Clark Terry - trumpet
• Wayne Andre, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson, Melba Liston, Åke Persson - trombone
• Julius Watkins - French horn
• Joe Lopes, Porter Kilbert, Phil Woods - alto saxophone
• Budd Johnson, Oliver Nelson, Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone
• Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone
• Patti Bown - piano
• Les Spann - guitar, flute
• Buddy Catlett - bass
• Joe Harris, Stu Martin - drums

References[edit]