(11) Quincy Jones - Sounds...And Stuff Like That (1978)

"Sounds...and Stuff Like That" is a 1978 studio album by Quincy Jones.

With ears dead set on the trends of the moment but still drawing now and then on his jazz past, Quincy Jones came up with another classy-sounding pop album loaded with his ever-growing circle of musician friends. Disco was king in 1978 and Jones bows low with the ebullient dance hit "Stuff Like That" which is several cuts above the norm for that genre -- along with a healthy quota of elegantly produced soul ballads. Yet amidst the pop stuff, Jones still manages to do something fresh and memorable within the jazz sphere with a gorgeous chart of Herbie Hancock's "Tell Me a Bedtime Story." Hancock himself sits in impeccably on electric piano, and violinist Harry Lookofsky painstakingly overdubs one of Hancock's transcribed solos on 15 violins. Despite the cast of hundreds that is now de rigueur for Quincy Jones, the record does not sound over-produced due to the silken engineering and careful deployment of forces.

Track listing

01.  Stuff Like That  (Ashford & Simpson, Steve Gadd, Eric Gale, Quincy Jones, Ralph MacDonald, Richard Tee)  - 6:17

02.  I'm Gonna Miss You in the Morning  (Tom Bahler, Jones, MacDonald)  - 3:31

03.  Love, I Never Had It So Good  (Patti Austin, Bahler, Jones, Tee)  - 5:14

04.  Tell Me a Bedtime Story  (Herbie Hancock)  - 6:46

05.  Love Me by Name  (Lesley Gore, Ellen Weston)  - 4:10

06.  Superwoman  (Where Were You When I Needed You) (Stevie Wonder)  - 5:26

07.  Takin' It to the Streets  (McDonald)  - 4:24

Released:  1978

Genre:  Jazz, Soul, Funk

Length:  35:48

Label:  A&M Records

Producer:  Quincy Jones

Personnel

Quincy Jones - Arranger, Conductor

Valerie Simpson - Vocals

Chaka Khan - Vocals

Patti Austin - Vocals

Charles May - Vocals

Luther Vandross - Vocals

Gwen Guthrie - Vocals

Nick Ashford - Vocals

Harry Lookofsky - Violin

Eric Gale - Guitar

Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin - Guitar

David T. Walker - Guitar

Bill Lamb - Guitar

Steve Gadd - Drums, Percussion

Ralph McDonald - Drums, Percussion

Bob James - Keyboards

Herbie Hancock - Keyboards, Electric Piano, Synthesizer

Anthony Jackson - Bass

Hubert Laws - Flute, Saxophone

Tom Scott - Tenor Saxophone, Lyricon, Flute

Michael Brecker - Tenor Saxophone

Richard Tee - Fender Rhodes Piano

Jon Faddis - Trumpet

Oscar Brashear - Trumpet

Robert Payne - Trombone

Virgil Jones - Alto Saxophone

Alan Raph - Trombone

Snooky Young - Trumpet

George Young - Tenor Saxophone

David Tofani - Alto Saxophone

David G. Duke - Alto Saxophone

Bill Perkins - Alto Saxophone

Garnett Brown - Trombone

Bob James - Keyboards

Michael Boddicker - Synthesizer

Anthony Jackson - Bass

Tom Scott - Tenor Saxophone, Lyricon, Flute

Chuck Findley - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trombone

Harold Vick - Baritone Saxophone, Tuba

Michael Brecker - Tenor Saxophone

Richard Tee - Fender Rhodes Piano