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Quincy Jones Discography
Quincy Jones—American record producer, musical arranger, film composer, impresario, conductor, and trumpeter—has charted 6 singles and 6 albums in the top 40 and won 4 Platinum Awards and 7 Gold Awards only in the United States. Jones is one of few producers to have number one records in three consecutive decades (1960s, 1970s, and 1980s). Albums As leader Soundtracks As sideman As composer, conductor, arranger, producer Singles References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Quincy Jazz discographies Production discographies Pop music discographies Discographies of American artists Production Discography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing pop hit records for Lesley Gore in the early 1960s (including " It's My Party") and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations between the jazz artists Frank Sinatra and Count Basie in the same time period. In 1968, Jones became the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Eyes of Love" from the film '' Banning''. Jones was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the 1967 film ''In Cold Blood'', making him the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newport '61
''Newport '61'' is a live album by Quincy Jones that was recorded on July 3, 1961, at the Newport Jazz Festival. Track listing # "Meet B.B." (Quincy Jones) – 3:58 # "Boy in the Tree" (Jones) – 5:01 # "Evening in Paris" (Jones) – 5:11 # "Air Mail Special" (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy) – 4:25 # "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) – 6:10 # "G'won Train" (Patricia Bown) – 6:02 # "Banja Luka" (Phil Woods) – 5:54 # "Ghana" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:06 Personnel * Quincy Jones - Arrangement, arranger, Conducting, conductor * Phil Woods, Joe Lopes - alto saxophone * Jerome Richardson, Eric Dixon - flute, tenor saxophone * Pat Patrick (musician), Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone * Jimmy Nottingham, Jimmy Maxwell (trumpeter), Jimmy Maxwell, John Bello, Joe Newman (trumpeter), Joe Newman - trumpet * Julius Watkins - French horn * Curtis Fuller, Melba Liston, Britt Woodman, Paul Faulise - trombone * Les Spann - flute, guitar * Patti Bown, Patricia Bown - piano * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gula Matari
''Gula Matari'' is a 1970 studio album by Quincy Jones. Track listing # "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon) – 5:09 # "Gula Matari" (Quincy Jones) – 13:02 # "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) – 8:02 # "Hummin'" (Nat Adderley) – 8:08 Personnel *Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone *Danny Bank - bass and baritone saxophones *Hubert Laws - flute solos *Jerome Richardson - soprano saxophone solos *Freddie Hubbard, Danny Moore, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm, Gene Young - trumpet/flugelhorn *Wayne Andre - trombone *Al Grey - trombone solos *Toots Thielemans - guitar and whistle solo *Herbie Hancock, Bob James (musician), Bob James, Bobby Scott - keyboards *Grady Tate - drums *Don Elliott - bass marimba on "Gula Matari" *Jimmy Johnson, Warren Smith - percussion *Ray Brown (musician), Ray Brown - bass *Ron Carter - bass on "Gula Matari" *Richard Davis (double bassist), Richard Davis - bass on "Gula Matari" *Major Holley - bass and voice solo *Milt Jackson - vibes *Seymour Barab, Kermit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A&M Records
A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was acquired by PolyGram in 1989 and began distributing releases from Polydor Ltd. from the UK. Throughout its operations, A&M housed well-known acts such as Alpert himself, Squeeze, Gin Blossoms, Dishwalla, Joe Cocker, Procol Harum, Captain & Tennille, Sting, Sergio Mendes, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Supertramp, Bryan Adams, Burt Bacharach, Liza Minnelli, The Carpenters, Paul Williams, Quincy Jones, Janet Jackson, Cat Stevens, Peter Frampton, Elkie Brooks, Carole King, Styx (band), Styx, Dennis DeYoung, Extreme (band), Extreme, Amy Grant, Joan Baez, The Police, Jann Arden, CeCe Peniston, Shanice, Blues Traveler, Soundgarden, Duffy (singer), Duffy, Phil Ochs, Sheryl Crow, Yellow Magic Orchestra, and Nazareth_(band), Nazareth. PolyGram was acquired by Seagram and dissolved into Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walking In Space
''Walking in Space'' is a 1969 studio album by Quincy Jones. The album was recorded for A&M who released the album with a cover photo of Jones taken by Pete Turner. Vocalist Valerie Simpson is featured on the title track, an arrangement of a song from the hit rock musical '' Hair''. "Dead End" is also from ''Hair'' and "Killer Joe" features Ray Brown on bass and Grady Tate on drums. Track listing # "Dead End" (Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni) – 4:05 # "Walking in Space" (MacDermot, Rado, Ragni) – 12:06 as Hair (Original Broadway Cast Recording) # "Killer Joe" ( Benny Golson) – 5:12 # "Love and Peace" ( Arthur Adams) – 5:48 # "I Never Told You" (Arthur Hamilton, Johnny Mandel) – 4:18 # "Oh Happy Day" (Edwin Hawkins) – 3:37 Personnel * Quincy Jones - conductor, arranger * Freddie Hubbard, Lloyd Michaels, Dick Williams, John Frosk, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet * Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson, Alan Raph, Tony Studd, Norman Pride, Kai Windin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quincy's Got A Brand New Bag
''Quincy's Got a Brand New Bag'' is a studio album by record producer, arranger and musician, Quincy Jones, featuring instrumental arrangements of contemporary pop/R&B hits which was recorded in late 1965 at RPM International Studios and engineered in part by Ray Charles, who performed on many tracks.Matsubayashi, KMercury Records Collection: MG-21063: Quincy's Got A Brand New Bag / Quincy Jonesaccessed January 17, 2018 Track listing # " Ain't That Peculiar" ( Pete Moore, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin)— 2:52 # " I Got You (I Feel Good)" (James Brown) — 3:41 # " I Hear A Symphony" ( Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) — 3:08 # " A Lover's Concerto" ( Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell) — 2:23 # "Baby Cakes" (Jones) — 4:06 # " Mohair Sam" ( Dallas Frazier) — 2:13 # " Something About You" ( Holland-Dozier-Holland) — 3:03 # "Boss Bird" ( Bobby Scott) — 3:21 # " Hang on Sloopy" ( Bert Russell, Wes Farrell) — 2:14 # "Fever" ( Eddie Cooley, John Davenport) — 2:2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quincy Plays For Pussycats
''Quincy Plays for Pussycats'' is an album by Quincy Jones featuring sessions recorded between 1959 and 1965 which was released on the Mercury label.Matsubayashi, KMercury Records Collection: SR-61050: Quincy Plays For Pussycats / Quincy Jones/ref> Reception Allmusic's Stephen Cook noted, "''Quincy Plays for Pussycats'' is a bright, cheeky big-band album done in a more commercial pop style than previous Quincy Jones albums. Nonetheless, there's plenty to enjoy here ... this is swinging '60s jazz for the martini set". Track listing # "What's New Pussycat?" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) − 2:44 # "The Gentle Rain" (Luiz Bonfá, Matt Dubey) − 2:16 # " Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) − 3:58 # " After Hours" (Avery Parrish) − 3:34 # "Blues for Trumpet & Koto" (Marvin Hamlisch) − 3:45 # "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) − 3:27 # "A Walk in the Black Forest" (Horst Jankowski) − 2:50 # "Non-Stop to Brazil" (Bonfá) − 2:39 # "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limelight Records
Limelight Records was a jazz record label and subsidiary of Mercury Records started in 1962. The catalogue included music by Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Hines, Milt Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, and Oscar Peterson. Originally headed by Quincy Jones, its activities were directed by the producer Jack Tracy. Though mainly a jazz label, it also released rock, experimental, electronic, and Indian music. The label's masters are now controlled by Verve Records and The Island Def Jam Music Group The Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) was an American recording music unit, formed on New Year's Eve 1998 by the Universal Music Group. It consists of labels devised and consisted under the basic operations of Island Records and Def Jam Recordin ..., which has reissued some of the Limelight releases on CD. Discography Albums References External linksDiscogs {{Authority control Jazz record labels American record labels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I/We Had A Ball
''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 # "I Had a Ball" − 5:00 # "Fickle Finger of Fate" − 2:14 # "Almost" − 4:18 # "Faith" − 5:52 # "Addie's at it Again" − 4:57 # "Coney Island, U.S.A." − 2:25 # "The Other Half of Me" − 3:05 # "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 − v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Boy (Quincy Jones Album)
''Golden Boy'' is an album by Quincy Jones which was released by Mercury in 1964.Henry, C. B. , Quincy Jones: His Life in Music, University Press of Mississippi, 2013 pg. 55 The album includes three versions of the theme from the musical '' Golden Boy'' with three original compositions and jazz versions of pop hits. Reception Allmusic's Scott Yanow wrote: "This Quincy Jones big-band LP finds him exploring a wide variety of material in hopes of finding a hit. ... There are some spots for trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Joe Newman, altoist Phil Woods, guitarist Jim Hall, and the tough tenor of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, but the brevity of the selections (all but 'Django' are between two and four minutes) and the conservative nature of many of the charts keep the music from taking any real chances". Track listing All compositions by Quincy Jones except where noted # "Theme from Golden Boy" tring Version( Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) – 2:47 # "The Witching Hour" – 3:40 # "Seaweed" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quincy Jones Explores The Music Of Henry Mancini
''Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini'' is an album by Quincy Jones that contains music composed by Henry Mancini. Track listing All music composed by Henry Mancini, lyricists indicated # "Baby Elephant Walk" – 2:49 # "Charade" ( Johnny Mercer) – 3:15 # "Dreamsville" ( Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:48 # "Bird Brain" – 4:06 # " Days of Wine and Roses" (Mercer) – 2:42 # "Mr. Lucky" – 2:24 # "The Pink Panther Theme" – 3:35 # "(I Love You and) Don't You Forget It" (Al Stillman) – 2:51 # "Soldier in the Rain"From the 1963 film ''Soldier in the Rain'' – 3:09 # "Odd Ball" – 3:43 # " Moon River" (Mercer) – 2:31 # " The Theme from Peter Gunn" – 2:52 Personnel * Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor * John Bello – trumpet * Jimmy Maxwell – trumpet * Ernie Royal – trumpet * Clark Terry – trumpet * Snooky Young – trumpet * Billy Byers – trombone * Urbie Green – trombone * Richard Hixson – trombone * Quentin Jackson – trombone * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits
''Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits'' is an album by Quincy Jones consisting of songs that were hits for other musicians. It was released by Mercury in 1963. accessed January 19, 2018 Featured soloists include Joe Newman, , and . Reception Scott Yanow of |
