Sounds...And Stuff Like That!!

by Quincy Jones

Overview

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. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	06/30/2023
Label:	Universal
UPC:	4988031564974

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Quincy Jones   Primary Artist
Valerie Simpson   Primary Artist,Vocals
Luther Vandross   Primary Artist,Vocals
Nickolas Ashford   Primary Artist,Vocals,Percussion
Chaka Khan   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Patti Austin   Primary Artist,Vocals
Nathan Ross   Violin
Zachary Sanders   Vocals (Background)
Harry Bluestone   Violin
Bill Watrous   Trombone
Tommy Johnson   Tuba
Charles Loper   Trombone
Gayle Levant   Harp
Roger Bobo   Tuba
Dennis Karmazyn   Cello
Harry Lookofsky   Violin
Ralph MacDonald   Percussion
Anthony Jackson   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Alan Raph   Trombone (Bass)
Carl LaMagna   Violin
David Schwartz   Viola
Jon Faddis   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
David T. Walker   Guitar
Wah Wah Watson   Guitar
Hubert Laws   Flute,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Robert Payne   Trombone
Samuel Boghossian   Viola
Frank Floyd   Vocals (Background)
Jerome Richardson   Flute,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Howard Johnson   Tuba,Saxophone
David Tofani   Saxophone
Tom Scott   Lyre,Flute,Lyricon,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Virgil Jones   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Chauncey Welsch   Trombone
Harold Vick   Trumpet,Saxophone,Flugelhorn
Herbie Hancock   Piano,Keyboards,Piano (Electric)
Gloria Strassner   Cello
Meyer Bello   Viola
Henry Sigismonti   French Horn
Clark Spangler   Synthesizer
Harold Fick   Saxophone
Bill Lamb   Trumpet
Connie Kupka   Violin
Yolanda McCullough   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Betty LaMagna   Violin
Aubrey Bouck   French Horn
Sidney Muldrow   French Horn
Donald Waldrop   Trombone
Leonard Selic   Viola
David Duke   French Horn
Marvin Limonick   Violin
Eric Gale   Guitar
Vivian Cherry   Vocals
Jimmy Cleveland   Trombone
Richard Tee   Organ,Piano,Keyboards
Michael Brecker   Sax (Tenor)
Oscar Brashear   Trumpet
Michael Boddicker   Synthesizer
Jerome Reisler   Violin
John Wittenberg   Violin
Arthur Maebe   French Horn
Wilbert Nuttycombe   Violin
Tom Bahler   Vocals
Bud Shank   Flute,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Buddy Collette   Flute,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Arnold Belnick   Violin
George Young   Flute,Saxophone,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Gwen Guthrie   Vocals
Sheldon Sanov   Violin
Snooky Young   Trumpet
Steve Gadd   Drums
Bill Eaton   Vocals (Background)
Israel Baker   Violin
Bill Perkins   Flute,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Chuck Findley   Trumpet
Charles May   Vocals

Technical Credits

William Salter   Composer
Nickolas Ashford   Composer
Ralph MacDonald   Composer
Niels Erik Lund   Assistant Engineer
Eric Gale   Composer
Johnny Mandel   Arranger
Lesley Gore   Composer
Valerie Simpson   Composer
Herbie Hancock   Composer
Mark Hanauer   Photography
Clark Spangler   Programming
Roland Young   Design,Art Direction
Ollie Cotton   Assistant Engineer
Brian Davis   Illustrations
R. MacDonald   Composer
Jim McCurdy   Engineer
Richard Tee   Composer
Quincy Jones   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Ralph McDonald   Composer
Michael McDonald   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Tom Bahler   Arranger,Composer
Bruce Swedien   Mixing,Engineer
Patti Austin   Composer
Steve Gadd   Composer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Ellen Weston   Composer