Quincy Jones - I Dig Dancers

Quincy Jones - I Dig DancersVinyl LP pressing. Honey Pie Records present a reissue of Quincy Jones & Band's I Dig Dancers, originally released on Mercury in 1961. Deliberately presented as a dance music release, this brilliant Quincy Jones album comprises material from two marvelous big band performances recorded the year before in Paris and New York. Here the great composer and arranger leads a first class "dance organization" a top flight big band featuring the cream of NY

It's like giving yourself a haircut or rearranging your room

catchy drumming and groovy guitar playing

A new series of 7" reissues with the following concept: each side dedicated to one Funky French track coming with it's original artwork

The album features production from long-time collaborator Black Moses

From the playful experimentation in the studio to the reflective songwriting

" "The Girl in Blue

Shades of Detroit technoid industrial ("ringdropp

overseen by John Parish

percussion) accepted Cully Jazz's invitation to set up on the stage of the THBBC wine cellar for an open laboratory for the duration of the festival

re-designed to portray the obscure elegance of the original album

I immediately think of old American masters like John Hartford and Norman Blake along with younger contemporaries like Tim O'Brien

"Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings" (ZZ Top)