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Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1994)

Where the lyrics of Quincy Plays for Pussycats take you, and where it was really made.

The album gathers sessions spread across six years, from 1959 to 1965, and was released together in 1994.

Key places

Recording site Record Plant Studios — Tracks 3, 4 and 9 of the album were recorded here in March 1959. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Tracks 3, 4 and 9 were recorded at Fine Recorders in New York City on 9 and 10 March 1959
Track 10 was recorded on 21 February 1961
Track 11 was recorded on 15 June 1962 in other New York City studios
Track 5 was recorded on 27 November 1964
Tracks 2 and 8 were recorded on 3 or 10 March 1965
Tracks 1, 6, 7 and 12 were recorded on 5 August 1965
A large group of session players is credited, including trumpeters Clark Terry and Harry Edison

1	Blues for Trumpet & Koto	3:48
2	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	3:30
3	What's New Pussycat	2:46
4	The Gentle Rain From the Movie 'The Gentle Rain'	2:20
5	Blues in the Night	4:01
6	After Hours	3:37
7	A Walk in the Black Forest	2:53
8	Non-Stop to Brazil From the Movie 'The Gentle Rain'	2:42
9	The Hucklebuck	2:27
10	Soul Bossa Nova	2:49
11	Sermonette	2:52
12	The "In" Crowd	3:04

Born March 14, 1933 in Chicago; died November 3, 2024 in Los Angeles at age 91.
American record producer, musician and composer; a career spanning seven decades.
Received 28 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award; seven Academy Award nominations.
Began as a jazz arranger and conductor in the 1950s, touring with Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie.
Produced all four million-selling singles for Lesley Gore in the early-to-mid 1960s, including "It's My Party".
Arranged and conducted for Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and others.
Scored The Pawnbroker, In the Heat of the Night, The Italian Job and The Color Purple.
Produced Michael Jackson's Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad.
Produced and conducted "We Are the World" (1985) to raise famine relief for Ethiopia.
Founded Qwest Productions and later Qwest TV, a jazz subscription video service.

AllMusic's Stephen Cook called the album a bright, cheeky big-band album
Cook said it was done in a more commercial pop style than previous Quincy Jones albums
Cook wrote that there is plenty to enjoy on the record
Cook described it as swinging 60s jazz for the martini set

The first track is "What's New Pussycat?" by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
Quincy Jones is credited as arranger and conductor with various orchestras.
Recorded at Fine Recorders on March 9 and 10, 1959 (tracks 3, 4 & 9), the earliest sessions on the album.
The album closes with "The In Crowd" by Billy Page, recorded in the August 1965 sessions.
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is the only Rolling Stones-era rock song on the track list.