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The multi-talented Quincy Jones has excelled at idiomatic combinations in his albums since the '60s, when his mix-and-match soundtracks for television and films alerted everyone that he'd switched from a pure jazz mode to a populist trend. Q's Jook Joint blends the latest in hip-hop-flavored productions with sleek urban ballads, vintage standards, and derivative pieces; everything's superbly crafted, though few songs are as exciting in their performance or daring in their conception as past Jones epics like Gula Matari or the score from Roots. Still, you can't fault Jones for his choice of musical collaborators: everyone from newcomer Tamia to longtime stars like Ray Charles, rappers, instrumentalists, male and female vocalists, percussionists, and toasters. The CD really conveys the seamless quality one gets from attending a juke joint, though it lacks the dirt-floor grit or blues fervor of traditional Southern and chitlin circuit hangouts. But no one's more knowledgeable about the spectrum of African-American music, nor better able to communicate it via disc, than Quincy Jones.
© Ron Wynn /TiVo
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Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist - TOMMY VICARI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Composer/writer Unknown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc. under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
Fleecy Moore, ComposerLyricist - Ray Charles, FeaturedArtist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist - Stevie Wonder, Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bono, FeaturedArtist - Sam Theard, ComposerLyricist - Kid Capri, Voices, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc. under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quincy Jones, Author, Producer, MainArtist - Benny Golson, Composer - Queen Latifah, Author, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Nancy Wilson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tone-Loc, Voices, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc. under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rod Temperton, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist - TAMIA, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc., under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - James Moody, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Take 6, MainArtist - Rachelle Ferrell, MainArtist - BRIAN MCKNIGHT, MainArtist
℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc., under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
Everett Bradley, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Hey, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - George Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Shaquille O'Neal, Author, FeaturedArtist - Rod Temperton, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Louis Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - yo-yo, FeaturedArtist - Luniz, Author, FeaturedArtist - CHAKA KHAN, FeaturedArtist - Melle Mel, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Wilson, FeaturedArtist - Coolio, Author, FeaturedArtist - Carl Smith, FeaturedArtist - Yo Yo, Author - Luke Cresswell, FeaturedArtist - Mr. X, FeaturedArtist - Valerie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Fiona Wilkes, FeaturedArtist - Fraser Morrison, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc. under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
Funkmaster Flex, FeaturedArtist - Ray Charles, FeaturedArtist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist - Composer/writer Unknown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc.
Phil Collins, FeaturedArtist - Duke Ellington, Composer - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Russell, Author
℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc. under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist - Gloria Estefan, FeaturedArtist - Warren Wiebe, FeaturedArtist - Debbie Smith Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc. under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
Aaron Hall, FeaturedArtist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist - R. Kelly, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ronald Isley, FeaturedArtist - Charlie Wilson, FeaturedArtist - Naomi Campbell, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc. under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rod Temperton, ComposerLyricist - Barry White, MainArtist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist - TAMIA, FeaturedArtist - Babyface, FeaturedArtist - Portrait, MainArtist
℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc. under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jeremy Lubbock, ComposerLyricist - Barry White, FeaturedArtist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MERVYN WARREN, FeaturedArtist - Toots Thielemans, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc. under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barry White, FeaturedArtist - Quincy Jones, Producer, MainArtist - TAMIA, FeaturedArtist - Toots Thielemans, FeaturedArtist - Composer/writer Unknown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc. under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The multi-talented Quincy Jones has excelled at idiomatic combinations in his albums since the '60s, when his mix-and-match soundtracks for television and films alerted everyone that he'd switched from a pure jazz mode to a populist trend. Q's Jook Joint blends the latest in hip-hop-flavored productions with sleek urban ballads, vintage standards, and derivative pieces; everything's superbly crafted, though few songs are as exciting in their performance or daring in their conception as past Jones epics like Gula Matari or the score from Roots. Still, you can't fault Jones for his choice of musical collaborators: everyone from newcomer Tamia to longtime stars like Ray Charles, rappers, instrumentalists, male and female vocalists, percussionists, and toasters. The CD really conveys the seamless quality one gets from attending a juke joint, though it lacks the dirt-floor grit or blues fervor of traditional Southern and chitlin circuit hangouts. But no one's more knowledgeable about the spectrum of African-American music, nor better able to communicate it via disc, than Quincy Jones.
© Ron Wynn /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:44
- Main artists: Quincy Jones
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Qwest Records IGA
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1995 Qwest Records, Inc. under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1995 Qwest Records, Inc. under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
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