Ultimate Collection

by Quincy Jones

Overview

In 1974, Quincy Jones, who already had a wide range of musical credits behind him, opted to enter the R&B mainstream by hiring vocalists and overseeing recordings in a commercial vein released under his name. The first of them was Body Heat, which went gold, and Jones followed with a series of records including 1981's million-selling The Dude and the 1990 Album of the Year Grammy-winner Back on the Block. Meanwhile, he switched record labels, leaving A&M for his own Warner-distributed Qwest in the early '80s. That has tended to make the assembly of a comprehensive best-of difficult, but Universal's Hip-O reissue division specializes in licensing material from other labels to construct its Ultimate Collection releases, and this one borrows seven out of 18 tracks from Qwest to add to Jones' A&M hits, making it the definitive one-disc compilation of Jones' pop/R&B recordings of 1974-1999. Jones himself participated in the selection, which does not strictly follow chart rankings, since a couple of R&B Top 20 hits ("I Don't Go for That" and "Slow Jams") are missing, while a few non-chart items are included. To get more songs in, the singles edits have been used in many cases. But all the major hits are here. The chronological sequencing allows an appreciation of how Jones' approach changed over the years. The '70s stuff, which holds up surprisingly well, is tasty R&B, much of it groove-oriented, up-tempo music. By the late '80s, however, there are a lot of big, bland ballads that showcase superstar vocalists (Ray Charles, Barry White, etc.) and sound self-important. Like his protege, Michael Jackson, who went from the rocking "Billie Jean" to the messianic "Man in the Mirror" in the same period, Jones seems to have begun believing his press clippings, and his work suffered accordingly. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	04/16/2002
Label:	Hip-O
UPC:	0731458590224
Rank:	46154

Tracks

1. If I Ever Lose This Heaven
2. Everything Must Change
3. Body Heat
4. Is It Love That We're Missing?
5. Mellow Madness
6. Stuff Like That
7. Ai No Corrida
8. Razzamatazz
9. Just Once
10. Betcha' Wouldn't Hurt Me
11. One Hundred Ways
12. Baby, Come to Me
13. I'll Be Good to You
14. The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)
15. Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)
16. You Put a Move on My Heart
17. I'm Yours
18. Everything

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Quincy Jones   Primary Artist,Trumpet,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Charles May   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Ralph MacDonald   Guest Artist,Congas,Percussion
Paul Jackson, Jr.   Guest Artist,Guitar
Patti Austin   Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background),Vocals
Dave Grusin   Guest Artist,Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Piano (Electric)
Eric Gale   Guest Artist,Guitar
Valerie Simpson   Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Billy Preston   Guest Artist,Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Piano (Electric)
Nickolas Ashford   Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Barry White   Featured Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Bob James   Guest Artist,Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Piano (Electric)
Herbie Hancock   Guest Artist,Piano,Arp 2600,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes,Piano (Electric)
Al Jarreau   Featured Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Al B. Sure!   Featured Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Chaka Khan   Featured Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Bruce Fisher   Featured Artist,Vocals
El DeBarge   Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Leon Ware   Featured Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
James Ingram   Featured Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Minnie Riperton   Featured Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Duane & Charles May   Featured Artist
The Brothers Johnson   Featured Artist
Tamia   Featured Artist,Vocals
Benard Ighner   Featured Artist,Vocals
Ray Charles   Featured Artist,Vocals
Siedah Garrett   Featured Artist,Director,Vocals (Background)
Paulette McWilliams   Featured Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Tevin Campbell   Featured Artist,Vocals
Snooky Young   Trumpet
Randy Kerber   Keyboards
Rory Bennett   Synthesizer
Ray Brown   Trumpet
Melvin Ragin   Guitar
Jimmy Cleveland   Trombone
Richard Tee   Organ,Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Piano (Electric)
Paulinho Da Costa   Percussion
Steve Gadd   Drums
Steve Lukather   Guitar
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie   Drums
Ian Underwood   Synthesizer
Bill Perkins   Flute,Saxophone
Chuck Findley   Trumpet,Trombone
Kim Hutchcroft   Flute,Saxophone
Kirk Whalum   Saxophone
Jack Nimitz   Saxophone
Chuck Rainey   Bass
Joe Greene   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
James DeBarge   Vocals (Background)
James Gadson   Drums
David Paich   Keyboards
Jeff Clayton   Saxophone
Fred Jackson   Saxophone
Tom Bahler   Trumpet,Vocals (Background)
Bud Shank   Flute,Saxophone
Bruce Swedien   Drums,Drums (Snare)
Eric Dawkins   Vocals (Background)
Ernie Krivda   Saxophone
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone
Ernie Watts   Flute,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Jon Faddis   Trumpet
John Clayton   Conductor
David T. Walker   Guitar
Hubert Laws   Flute,Reeds,Saxophone
Robert Payne   Trombone
Dennis Coffey   Guitar
Myrna Matthews   Vocals (Background)
Jerome Richardson   Flute,Reeds,Saxophone
Howard Johnson   Saxophone
Jerry Hey   Trumpet
Louis Johnson   Bass,Handclapping,Vocals (Background)
Pete Christlieb   Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Melvin Dunlap   Bass
Mike Melvoin   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Piano (Electric)
Anthony Jackson   Bass
Tiffany Johnson   Vocals (Background)
Alan Raph   Trombone (Bass)
David "Hawk" Wolinski   CS-80,Clavinet,Synthesizer Bass
Neil Stubenhaus   Bass
Bobbye Hall   Percussion
Max Bennett   Bass
Oscar Brashear   Trumpet
Michael Boddicker   Vocoder,Synthesizer
Carolyn Willis   Vocals (Background)
Ollie E. Brown   Percussion
Arthur Maebe   French Horn
Aaron Zigman   Synthesizer
Abraham Laboriel, Sr.   Bass
Greg Phillinganes   Piano,Synthesizer,Handclapping,Fender Rhodes,Piano (Electric)
Clifford Solomon   Sax (Tenor)
Arthur Adams   Guitar
Stevie Wonder   CS-80,Synthesizer
Alex Harris   Vocals (Background)
Gerald Albright   Saxophone
George Young   Saxophone
George Johnson   Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Gary Grant   Trumpet
Harvey Mason, Sr.   Drums
David Tofani   Saxophone
Yvonne Lewis   Vocals (Background)
Syreeta Wright   Vocals (Background)
Paul Humphrey   Drums
Bill Watrous   Trombone
Ian Prince   Keyboards
Tommy Johnson   Tuba
Charles Loper   Trombone
Frank Rosolino   Trombone
Roger Bobo   Tuba
Eddie Watkins   Bass
Grady Tate   Drums
Robbie Buchanan   Piano,Synthesizer Strings
Sahib Shihab   Saxophone
Phil Upchurch   Guitar
Rod Temperton   Synthesizer
Shane Shoaf   Vocals (Background)
McKinley Brown   Vocals (Background)
Charity Young   Vocals (Background)
David Duke   French Horn
John "J.R." Robinson   Drums,Handclapping
John Robinson   Drums,Handclapping
Jerry Peters   Keyboards
Jim Gilstrap   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Rose Banks   Director
David Foster   Piano,Synthesizer,Piano (Electric)
Tom Scott   Saxophone
Alex Brown   Vocals (Background)
Bridgette Bryant   Vocals (Background)
Virgil Jones   Trumpet
Chauncey Welsch   Trombone
Harold Vick   Saxophone
George Bohannon   Trombone
Tyren Perry   Vocals (Background)
Donovan McCrary   Vocals (Background)
Bill Lamb   Trumpet
Jesse Kirkland   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Chad Durio   Vocals (Background)
Aubrey Bouck   French Horn
Jania Foxworth   Vocals (Background)
Erik Hanson   Synthesizer
Donald Waldrup   Trombone
Reggie C. Young   Trombone

Technical Credits

Paulette McWilliams   Composer
Siedah Garrett   Composer,Vocal Arrangement
Rory Bennett   Drum Programming,Composer,Producer
Ray Brown   Producer
Richard Tee   Composer
Steve Gadd   Composer
Ian Underwood   Programming,Synthesizer Programming
Kenny Young   Composer
Pat Lawrence   Compilation Producer
Benard Ighner   Composer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
Ben Wright   Composer
Eric Gale   Composer
Gavin Lurssen   Mastering
Eric Dawkins   Composer,Vocal Arrangement
The Brothers Johnson   Performer
Tom Bahler   Arranger,Composer,Direction
George Fischoff   Composer
Debbie Smith   Composer
Steve Woolard   Research Assistant
Johnny Mandel   String Arrangements,Synthesizer Arrangements
John Clayton   Arranger
Leon Ware   Composer
Valerie Simpson   Composer
Jerry Hey   Horn Arrangements,Assistant Producer,String Arrangements,Synthesizer Arrangements
Pam Sawyer   Composer
Sonora Sam   Composer
Stan Richardson   Composer
Tony Coleman   Composer
Patti Austin   Vocal Arrangement
Ralph MacDonald   Composer
Quincy Jones   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Assistant,Vocal Arrangement,Rhythm Arrangements,Synthesizer Arrangements
Ralph McDonald   Composer
Michael Boddicker   Synthesizer Programming
Michele Horie   Project Coordinator
Antonina Armato   Composer
Benjamin F. Wright   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Rhythm Arrangements,Composer
Al Jarreau   Vocal Effect
Debbie Smith Johnson   Composer
Damon Terrell Carter   Composer
George Johnson   Composer
Darryl Carter   Composer
William Ross   String Arrangements
Stephanie Andrews   Composer
Paul Riser   Arranger
Andy Hill   Composer
Barry Mann   Composer
El DeBarge   Composer
Louis Johnson   Composer
Rod Temperton   Composer,Vocal Arrangement,Associate Producer,Rhythm Arrangements,Synthesizer Arrangements
Kathy Wakefield   Composer
Thomas D. Graham, II   Sound Design
Benjamin Wright   Composer
Bruce Carleton Fisher   Composer
QD III   Drum Programming
Nickolas Ashford   Composer
Bruce Fisher   Composer
David Blumberg   Arranger
C.J. DeVillar   Sound Design
Geary Chansley   Photo Research
Greg Ross   Design,Art Direction
Senora Sam   Composer
Carol Friedman   Photography
Robin Schwartz   Licensing
Chaz Jankel   Composer
Al Ciner   Composer
Brendan Morris   Tape Research
Erik Hanson   Drum Programming