Jazz Abroad

1955 studio album by Roy Haynes/Quincy Jones

Jazz Abroad

Studio album by

Roy Haynes/Quincy Jones

Released| 1955
Recorded| November 10, 1953 and October 3, 1954
Studio| Stockholm, Sweden
Genre| Jazz
Length| 45:07
Label| EmArcy
Roy Haynes chronology
| Roy Haynes Modern Group
(1956)  | Jazz Abroad
(1955)  | We Three
(1959)

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Quincy Jones chronology
|  | Jazz Abroad
(1955)  | This Is How I Feel About Jazz
(1956)

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Jazz Abroad is a split album by American jazz drummer Roy Haynes and Quincy Jones with tracks recorded in Sweden in 1953 and 1954 and released by EmArcy.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[2]

## Track listing

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Side A:

1. "Pogo Stick" (Quincy Jones) - 6:20
2. "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) - 5:36
3. "Jones' Bones" (Jones) - 5:42
4. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans) - 5:54

Side B:

1. "Little Leona" (Adrian Acea) - 4:56
2. "Miss Mopsy" (Joe Benjamin) - 5:07
3. "Gone Again" (Curtis Lewis) - 6:03
4. "Hagnes" (Roy Haynes, Sahib Shihab) - 5:29

* Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on November 10, 1953 (Side A) and October 3, 1954 (Side B)

## Personnel

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Side A:

* Quincy Jones \- arranger, conductor
* Art Farmer \- trumpet
* Jimmy Cleveland \- trombone
* Åke Persson \- trombone
* Arne Domnerus \- alto saxophone, clarinet
* Lars Gullin \- baritone saxophone
* Bengt Hallberg \- piano
* Simon Brehm \- bass
* Alan Dawson \- drums

Side B:

* Åke Persson - trombone (tracks 1 & 2)
* Bjarne Nerem \- tenor saxophone (tracks 1–3)
* Ed Gregory \- baritone saxophone, alto saxophone (tracks 1–3)
* Adrian Acea - piano
* Joe Benjamin \- bass
* Roy Haynes \- drums

## References

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1. ^ EmArcy discography accessed October 26, 2015
2. ^ a b Allmusic listing accessed October 26, 2015

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Roy Haynes

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

As leader
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* Jazz Abroad (split album with Quincy Jones, 1953–1954)
* We Three (1958)
* Just Us (1960)
* Out of the Afternoon (1962)
* Cracklin' (with Booker Ervin, 1963)
* Cymbalism (1963)
* Hip Ensemble (1971)
* Senyah (1972)
* Vistalite (1977)
* Thank You Thank You (1977)
* Birds of a Feather (2001)

As sideman|

* Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert (1965)
* Birds and Ballads (Johnny Griffin, 1978)
* Like Minds (Gary Burton, 1997)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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