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The Quintessence is an album released by Quincy Jones and his orchestra. It was released in 1961, his only album on the Impulse! Records jazz label. It has been called "the sound of the modern, progressive big band at its pinnacle." The album contains three Jones originals and 5 covers. The album was a continuation of Jones' ''Free and Easy'' Broadway show, and featured a similar big band personnel he assembled in New York for the show's initial European dates. - Wikipedia