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A1	The Quintessence	4:14
A2	Robot Portrait	5:16
A3	Little Karen	3:40
A4	Straight, No Chaser	2:22
B1	For Lena And Lennie Bass – George Catlett*Drums – Stu MartinPiano – Bobby ScottTrumpet – Clark Terry, Clyde Reasinger, Jerome Kail	4:14
B2	Hard Sock Dance	3:18
B3	Invitation	3:33
B4	The Twitch Bass – George Catlett*Drums – Stu MartinPiano – Bobby ScottTrumpet – Clark Terry, Clyde Reasinger, Jerome Kail	3:47

Credits

• Bass – Milt Hinton (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B3)
• Design [Cover] – Robert Flynn
• Drums – Bill English (tracks: A2, A3, B2), James Johnson* (tracks: A1, A4, B3)
• Engineer – Frank Abbey
• Engineer [Monaural] – Bob Arnold
• Engineer [Stereo] – Frank Abbey
• French Horn – Earl Chapin (tracks: A1, A4, B3), James Buffington* (tracks: A1, A4, B3), Julius Watkins, Ray Alonge (tracks: A1, A4, B3)
• Harp – Gloria Agostini (tracks: A1, A4, B3)
• Liner Notes – Lena Horne, Lennie Hayton
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Pete Turner
• Photography By [Liner Photos] – Jack Bradley
• Piano – Patricia Bown* (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B3)
• Producer – Bob Thiele
• Saxophone – Eric Dixon, Frank Wess (tracks: A2, A3, B2), Jerome Richardson, Oliver Nelson (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B3), Phil Woods
• Trombone – Billy Byers, Curtis Fuller (tracks: A1, A4, B3), Melba Liston, Paul Faulise, Rodney Levitt* (tracks: A2, A3, B2), Thomas Mitchell (tracks: A1, A4, B3)
• Trumpet – Al Delrisi* (tracks: A2, A3, B2), Ernie Royal (tracks: A1, A4, B3), Snooky Young* (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B3), Freddie Hubbard (tracks: A2, A3, B2), Joe Newman (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B3, B4), Thad Jones (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B3)
• Tuba – Harvey Phillips (tracks: A1, A4, B3)

Notes

Licensed by MCA Records, Inc., Universal City, California, USA. Manufactured by Victor Musical Industries =, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.

Sleeve notes in Japanese, with Obi strip

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AS-11	Quincy Jones And His Orchestra	The Quintessence ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!	AS-11	US	1961
AS-11	Quincy Jones And His Orchestra	The Quintessence ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM, Gat)	Impulse!, MCA Records	AS-11	Germany	Unknown
IMPL 8042	Quincy Jones And His Orchestra	The Quintessence ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Impulse!	IMPL 8042	UK	Unknown
0602517448179	Quincy Jones And His Orchestra	The Quintessence ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Impulse!	0602517448179	Europe	2007
MVCI-23030, AS-11	Quincy Jones And His Orchestra	The Quintessence ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Impulse!, Impulse!	MVCI-23030, AS-11	Japan	1991

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