| Artist | Quincy Jones |
|---|---|
| Cover | Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!.jpg |
| Released | 1978 |
| Recorded | 1978 Cherokee Recording Studios, L.A., Westlake II, L.A. and A&R Recording, N.Y.; Jazz Violins on "Tell Me A Bedtime Story" at Sound Ideas, N.Y |
| Genre | Jazz, Disco |
| Length | 35:48 |
| Label | A&M |
| Producer | Quincy Jones |
| Prev year | 1977 |
| Next year | 1981 |
Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! is a 1978 studio album by Quincy Jones.[1]
Track listing
- "Stuff Like That" (Quincy Jones, Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Eric Gale, Steve Gadd, Richard Tee, Ralph MacDonald) – 6:17
- Vocalists: Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Chaka Khan
- Alto sax solo: George Young
- "I'm Gonna Miss You in the Morning" (Jones, Tom Bahler, MacDonald) – 3:31
- Vocalists: Patti Austin and Luther Vandross
- Lyricon solo: Tom Scott
- "Love, I Never Had It So Good" (Jones, Bahler, Patti Austin, Tee) – 5:14
- Vocalists: Patt Austin and Charles May
- Electric tenor sax solo: Michael Brecker
- Fender bass solo: Anthony Jackson
- "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" (Herbie Hancock) – 6:46
- Flute solo: Hubert Laws
- Electric piano: Herbie Hancock
- Jazz violins: Harry Lookofsky (based on a Herbie Hancock piano solo transcribed by Sy Johnson)
- "Love Me by Name" (Lesley Gore, Ellen Weston) – 4:10
- Vocalist: Patti Austin
- Keyboards: Herbie Hancock
- Guitar: Eric Gale
- "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:26
- Vocalist: Patti Austin
- Flute solos: Hubert Laws
- Electric piano solo: Herbie Hancock
- Lyricon solo: Tom Scott
- "Takin' It to the Streets" (Michael McDonald) – 4:24
- Vocalists: Luther Vandross and Gwen Guthrie
- Tenor sax solo: Michael Brecker
Personnel
Rhythm section
- Ralph MacDonald – percussion
- Steve Gadd – drums
- Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
- Eric Gale – guitar
- Richard Tee – acoustic piano, fender rhodes, organ
- Clark Spangler – synthesizer keyboard bass programming
- David T. Walker – guitar (track 1)
- Melvin "Wah-Wah" Watson – guitar (track 7)
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer, vocoder, synthesizer programming
New York horn section
- Jon Faddis, Virgil Jones – trumpets
- Alan Raph – bass trombone
- George Young, David Tofani, Harold Vick, Howard Johnson – saxophones
L.A. horn section
- Chuck Findley, Snooky Young, Oscar Brashear, Bill Lamb – trumpets
- Chauncey Welsch, Robert Payne, Jimmy Cleveland, Donald Waldrup, Bill Watrous, Charles Loper – trombones
- Henry Sigismonti, David Duke, Sidney Muldrow, Arthur Maebe, Aubrey Bouh – French horns
- Hubert Laws, Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, Jerome Richardson, Buddy Collette – saxophones, flutes
- Tommy Johnson, Roger Bobo – tubas
L.A. string section
- Israel Baker (concertmaster), Nathan Ross, Marvin Limonick, Sheldon Sanov, John Wittenberg, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Harry Bluestone, Wilbert Nuttycombe, Carl LaMagna, Betty LaMagna, Connie Kupka – violins
- David Schwartz, Myer Bello, Samuel Boghossian, Leonard Selic – violas
- Dennis Karmazyn, Gloria Strassner – cello
- Gayle Levant – harp
New York super singers
- Patti Austin (concertmistress)
- Gwen Guthrie
- Lani Groves
- Vivian Cherry
- Ullanda McCullough
- Tom Bahler (director)
- Luther Vandross
- Zach Sanders
- Bill Eaton
- Frank Floyd
Technical personnel
- Johnny Mandel, Tom Bahler, L. Leon Pendarvis, Sy Johnson – arranging
- Bruce Swedien – engineer, mixing
- Niels Erik Lund, Ollie Cotton, Anthony D'Amigo, Cheech D'Amigo – assistant engineers
- Jim McCurdy – jazz violin engineer (track 4)
- Bernie Grundman – mastering