I Dig Dancers

I Dig Dancers
Studio album by Quincy Jones
Released	1959
Recorded	February 27 & 29, April 21 and October 19, 1960 Barclay Studios in Paris, France and Bell Sound Studios in NYC
Genre	Jazz
Label	Mercury MG 20612
Producer	Hal Mooney
Quincy Jones chronology
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959) I Dig Dancers (1960) Around the World (1961)

I Dig Dancers is an album led by composer, conductor and arranger Quincy Jones released on the Mercury label featuring performances recorded in Paris and New York.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[2]

Track listing

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

Collective Personnel

• 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

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