''I Heard That!!'' is a 1976

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by Quincy Jones. The first half of the album consists of new material, with the second a compilation of his work for A&M Records since 1969.

Track listing

# "I Heard That!!" ( Dave Grusin, Quincy Jones) # "Things Could Be Worse for Me" (Charles May) # "What Good Is a Song" (Jones) # "You Have to Do It Yourself" (Jones) (theme from '' Rebop'') # "There's a Train Leavin'" (Jones) # "Midnight Soul Patrol" (Jones) # "Brown Soft Shoe" (Jones) # "

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) # "Summer in the City" ( Steve Boone, John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian) # "Is It Love That We're Missing?" ( George Johnson, Debbie Smith) # "Body Heat" (

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, Jones, Stan Richardson, Leon Ware) # "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" ( Pam Sawyer, Ware) # "Killer Joe" (

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) # "Gula Matari" (Jones) # "Theme from the ''Anderson Tapes''" (Jones) # "Walking in Space" (

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, James Rado, Gerome Ragni)

Personnel

* Quincy Jones : producer, conductor, arranger, keyboards, synthesizer, trumpet, vocals *Vocals :

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, George Johnson, Hilda Harris,

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, Joe Greene, Leon Ware, Louis Johnson, Maeretha Stewart, Marilyn Jackson, Minnie Riperton, Myrna Matthews, Valerie Simpson. * Keyboards, synthesizer :

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, Malcolm Cecil,

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, Dave Grusin, Paul Griffin,

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, Bob James,

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, Eddie Louis, Robert Margouleff,

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, Bobby Scott, Richard Tee, Michael Boddicker. * Guitar :

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, George Johnson, Louis Johnson,

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, Melvin Ragin,

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. * Bass : Ray Brown,

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, Richard Davis, Major Holley. * Electric bass :

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, James Jamerson,

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, Stanley Clarke. * Drums : Billy Cobham, Paul Humphrey,

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, Grady Tate,

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. * Percussion : Eddie Brown, George Devens, Don Elliott,

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, Ralph MacDonald, Warren Smith. * Vibraphone :

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. * Harmonica :

. * Trumpet :

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, Tom Bahler,

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, John Frosk,

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, Snooky Young. * Trombone :

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, George Jeffers,

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, Garnett Brown,

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, Al Grey, Dick Hixon. * Saxophone :

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, Danny Banks, Peter Christlieb,

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, Joel Kaye

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, Hubert Laws,

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, Phil Woods. * Strings :

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, Kermit Moore, Alan Shulman, Lucien Schmit.

References

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