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This two-LP set was supposed to contain a monumental suite tracing the evolution of black music but since Jones needed more time to work on it (it has yet to emerge!), he put out this stopgap set. One LP contains new material, the other is a retrospective of his previous A&M albums. The first LP is dominated by the generic soul vocals of a Quincy Jones-sponsored creation known as the Wattsline, which is largely saddled with routine soul material after a brief, promisingly funky start ("I Heard That!!"). Of the instrumentals, "Midnight Soul Patrol" doesn't quite make it despite the presence of heavyweight funksters like George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham and Alphonso Johnson, but "Brown Soft Shoe" again has Toots Thielemans delivering some classy cameo harmonica. The "greatest hits" disc astutely pulls eight key tracks from all six of Q's earlier A&Ms (though "Gula Matari" and "Walking in Space" are heavily edited) -- and frankly, they blow his 1976 music away.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Charles May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Composer, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - TOM BAHLER, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Composer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Charles May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Hugh May, ComposerLyricist - JOHNNY MANDEL, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - TOM BAHLER, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Charles May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JOHNNY MANDEL, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - TOM BAHLER, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Charles May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Hugh May, ComposerLyricist - JOHNNY MANDEL, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - TOM BAHLER, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - David L. Pridgen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Charles May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JOHNNY MANDEL, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - TOM BAHLER, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Charles May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - TOM BAHLER, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Louis E. Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Charles May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, ComposerLyricist - TOM BAHLER, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Charles May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - TOM BAHLER, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Dave Grusin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 A&M Records
Steve Boone, ComposerLyricist - Charles Hugh May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Sebastian, ComposerLyricist - TOM BAHLER, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Douglas Sebastian, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - George Johnson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JOHNNY MANDEL, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - TOM BAHLER, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grusin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The Brothers Johnson, FeaturedArtist - Debbie Smith Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 A&M Records
Charles May, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Producer - TOM BAHLER, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Ware, ComposerLyricist - Dave Grusin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce Carleton Fisher, ComposerLyricist - Stan Richardson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pamela Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - MINNIE RIPERTON, FeaturedArtist - Quincy Jones, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, Producer - Leon Ware, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Al Jarreau, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1974 A&M Records
Quincy Jones, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Golson, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1969 A&M Records
Quincy Jones, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1970 A&M Records
Phil Ramone, Producer - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, Producer
℗ 1971 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Gale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur MacDermot, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, MainArtist - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BOB JAMES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Kirk, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Gerome Ragni, ComposerLyricist - James Rado, ComposerLyricist - Jerome Richardson, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Joel Kaye, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Galt Macdermot, ComposerLyricist - Toots Thielemans, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Kai Winding, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Maretha Stewart, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Terence Galt, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 A&M Records
Album review
This two-LP set was supposed to contain a monumental suite tracing the evolution of black music but since Jones needed more time to work on it (it has yet to emerge!), he put out this stopgap set. One LP contains new material, the other is a retrospective of his previous A&M albums. The first LP is dominated by the generic soul vocals of a Quincy Jones-sponsored creation known as the Wattsline, which is largely saddled with routine soul material after a brief, promisingly funky start ("I Heard That!!"). Of the instrumentals, "Midnight Soul Patrol" doesn't quite make it despite the presence of heavyweight funksters like George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham and Alphonso Johnson, but "Brown Soft Shoe" again has Toots Thielemans delivering some classy cameo harmonica. The "greatest hits" disc astutely pulls eight key tracks from all six of Q's earlier A&Ms (though "Gula Matari" and "Walking in Space" are heavily edited) -- and frankly, they blow his 1976 music away.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:07
- Main artists: Quincy Jones
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Jazz
© 1976 A&M Records ℗ 1976 A&M Records
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