I/We Had a Ball

I/We Had a Ball
Studio album by Art Blakey, Milt Jackson, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, Chet Baker
Released	1965
Recorded	November 6, 20 & 25, 1964; December 9 & 20, 1964; May 18, 1965
Studio	Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Limelight
Producer	Jack Tracy
Quincy Jones chronology
Golden Boy (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1965) The Pawnbroker (1965)

I/We Had a Ball is an album consisting of jazz versions of songs from Jack Lawrence and Stan Freeman's musical I Had a Ball performed by Art Blakey, Milt Jackson, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones and Chet Baker which was released by Limelight in 1965.

Track listing

All compositions by Jack Lawrence and Stan Freeman

1. "I Had a Ball" − 5:00
2. "Fickle Finger of Fate" − 2:14
3. "Almost" − 4:18
4. "Faith" − 5:52
5. "Addie's at it Again" − 4:57
6. "Coney Island, U.S.A." − 2:25
7. "The Other Half of Me" − 3:05
8. "Think Beautiful" − 4:18

Personnel

Performance

Tracks 1, 3 & 5:

• Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor
• Nat Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, James Nottingham, Joe Newman − trumpet
• Curtis Fuller, Melba Liston − trombone
• James Moody, Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods − alto saxophone
• Roland Kirk − tenor saxophone, manzello
• Benny Golson, Lucky Thompson − tenor saxophone
• Pepper Adams − baritone saxophone
• Milt Jackson − vibraphone
• Bob Cranshaw − double bass
• Art Blakey − drums

Track 2:

• Dizzy Gillespie − trumpet, vocals
• James Moody − tenor saxophone, flute
• Kenny Barron − piano
• Chris White − bass
• Rudy Collins − drums

Track 4:

• Art Blakey − drums
• Lee Morgan − trumpet
• Curtis Fuller − trombone
• John Gilmore − tenor saxophone
• John Hicks − piano
• Victor Sproles − bass

Track 6:

• Oscar Peterson − piano
• Ray Brown − bass
• Ed Thigpen − drums

Track 7:

• Milt Jackson − vibraphone
• McCoy Tyner − piano
• Bob Cranshaw − bass
• Connie Kay − drums

Track 8:

• Chet Baker − flugelhorn, vocals
• Bob James − piano
• Michael Fleming − bass
• Charlie Rice − drums