Quincy Jones - What´s Going On

Quincy Jones -- Smackwater Jack
Label:A&M Records -- S-10058
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Genre:Jazz, Rock
Style: Blues Rock, Big Band, Jazz-Funk, Swing
TracklistHide Credits▼
A1 Smackwater Jack
Vocals -- Quincy Jones
Backing Vocals -- Barbara Massey, Joshie Armstead*, Maretha Stewart*, Marilyn Jackson, Valerie Simpson
Written-By -- Carole King/Gerry Goffin* - 3:23

A2 Cast Your Fate To The Wind
Written-By -- Vince Guaraldi - 4:25

A3 Ironside (Theme From "Ironside"; NBC-TV)
Written-By -- Quincy Jones - 3:53

A4 What's Going On?
Violin -- Harry Lookofsky
Vocals -- Quincy Jones, Valerie Simpson
Backing Vocals -- Barbara Massey, Joshie Armstead*, Maretha Stewart*, Marilyn Jackson
Vibraphone -- Milt Jackson
Written-By -- Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson - 9:52

B1 Theme From "The Anderson Tapes"
Synthesizer [Moog] -- Edd Kalehoff
Vibraphone -- Milt Jackson
Written-By -- Quincy Jones - 5:16

B2 Brown Ballad
Written-By -- Ray Brown - 4:18

B3 Hikky-Burr (Theme From "The Bill Cosby Show"; NBC-TV)
Vocals -- Bill Cosby
Written-By -- Bill Cosby, Quincy Jones - 5:03

B4 Guitar Blues Odyssey: From Roots To Fruits
Written-By -- Quincy Jones - 6:38

Credits▼
Bass [Fender] -- Carol Kaye, Chuck Rainey
Bass [String] -- Bob Cranshaw, Ray Brown
Drums -- Grady Tate, Paul Humphries*
Flugelhorn -- Freddie Hubbard, Marvin Stamm
Flute, Saxophone [Tenor] -- Hubert Laws
Guitar -- Arthur Adams, Eric Gale, Freddie Robinson, Jim Hall, Joe Beck
Guitar, Harmonica, Whistle -- Toots Thielemans
Organ -- Jimmy Smith
Percussion -- George Devens, Larry Bunker
Piano -- Bobby Scott
Piano [Fender Rhodes] -- Bob James, Jaki Byard, Joe Sample
Piano [Tack] -- Monty Alexander
Piano, Harpsichord [Electric] -- Dick Hyman
Producer -- Phil Ramone, Quincy Jones, Ray Brown
Saxophone [Soprano, Tenor] -- Jerome Richardson
Saxophone [Tenor] -- Pete Christlieb
Synthesizer [Moog] -- Paul Beaver
Trombone [Bass] -- Alan Raph, Dick Hixon*, Tony Studd
Trombone [Tenor] -- Garnett Brown, Wayne Andre
Trumpet -- Buddy Childers, Ernie Royal, Eugene Young, Joe Newman

Notes▼
Recorded at A&R Studios, New York City.
A1: Carole King/Gerry Goffin (Screen Gems/Columbia Music, Inc.)
A2: Vince Guaraldi (Atzal Music Inc.)
A3: Quincy Jones (Shamley Music Corp.)
A4: Marvin Gaye/Al Cleveland/Renaldo Benson (Jobete Music Co.)
B1: Quincy Jones (Screen Gems/Columbia Music Inc.)
B2: Ray Brown (Quicksand Music Co.)
B3: Quincy Jones/Bill Cosby (Makalotta Music)
B4: Quincy Jones (Quicksand Music Co.)

[jamesrochelle]

The remake of a classic that became a classic, regardless of the vocals, the music and message echoes loudly still!!!!

[eugenefarrar]

When it comes to it, he'll go down as the best there was. A bridge between jazz and the newer popular musics. Legend.

[garyjones]

One of the greatest jazz remake of a popular song in history. Yea i said it

[amdj]

"Q" is a genius who refused to be put into the restrictive labels the music industry tries to use for artists. His albums are amongst my most treasured music. The quality, diversity, and uniqueness of his music is

[hommefriday]

Still have the LP. Quincy was taking music forward, new direction, new arrangements - ideas from all directions. Wonderful collaboration with Toots. Wonderful solos by Hubert Laws, Freddie Hubbard, Milt Jackson - and then there was Toots - all backed by one of the greatest big band arrangements. I once saw a TV concert of both Ellington and Basie orchestras being directed by Quincy (he must have been in his mid- 20s) and I couldn't record it. Does anybody have details of that concert???

[jeshun]

"Q" gives the Marvin Gaye classic a Jazzier edge, yet retains the soul of the original, it also features some great instrumental soloists by Hubert Laws (flute) Freddie Hubbard (flugelhorn) Milt Jackson (vibes) with Quincy Jones & Valerie Simpson on vocals, from the 1971 Smackwater Jack album

[trkyrk]

I remember the 8 track I had of this album.I wore it out it and got deeper into jazz once I read up on Quincy.

[geraldjohnson]

Quincy Jones. Magic. 'Nuff said. Thanks for the upload, Magnum Freire. Blessings

[silvanusslaughter]

I love the last half of this tune! Stellar!

[ssdivizion]

Beautiful sound can only be produced by beautiful personas and minds

[radeum]

I wore this album out when it was released... loved Grady Tate and Paul Humphries on drums.
And Guitar Blues Odyssey...Just loved that sound.

[aristo]

Inolvidable album de Quincy, de lo mejor, y tiene

[Absolemism]

how could one put a thumb down ...I ' m puzzled ... 25 like this ...poor souls U R

[patcdtp]

Dam.. to think.. id remember every note from this far back.. i tell you.. this was when i was like a hot butterfly..lol Go Q.!!

[auriara]

Inexcedível registro de mestre Quincy Jones, soberbo!!!

[SD]

Surely !!! We can agree that Jones's voice is certainly more acceptable than the voices of today !! There is not much to listen in recent years .... the music of the past has more character, there are no comparisons ! ;)

[silentsketcher_]

I think Quincy has a wonderful voice, makes a nice change actually, something new.

[itzaevasconcelos]

I´m 42 always i enjoy jazz since i remember, but i never heard tis opus, is really amazing, the best of the best musicians in only one song. Thanks for to load up this.

[maazvdo]

Definitive sounds!!!
Thanks for posting,
Magnum Freire

[lilibrailovs]

FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS NUMERO 84, MAESTRO!!!