A much needed Black Music thread.
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As we all know Quincy Jones passed away earlier this month. Many regard him to be one of the best music producers of all time. No doubt he left an indelible mark on black music going all the way back to the 50s/60's. He produced/composed/arranged for a variety of jazz, R&B and soul artists - Ray Charles, Little Richard, Aretha Franklin, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Donny Hathaway, Dinah Washington the list goes on. But for me the pinnacle of his work came with Michael Jackson - he produced the albums 'Off the Wall', 'Thriller' & 'Bad' which have sold a combined 125 million copies to date. Just insane. I'm not going to include any MJ tracks in this playlist but will focus on some other artists he produced for.
First up is jazz/r&b artist George Benson. QJ produced his 1980 album Give Me the Night which went multi platinum. This was one of the first releases on his newly formed record label, Qwest. The big singles were the title track and "Love X Love" but this was also released as a single
"What's On Your Mind"
QJ produced 4 albums for Brothers Johnson from 1976-1980. This is the lead track from the first album, Look Out For #1.
"Ill Be Good to You"
QJ produced the debut album for James Ingram in 1983. It contained this catchy duet with Michael McDonald
"Yah Mo B There"
In 1998 Canadian singer Tamia released her debut LP on Qwest Records. Quincy signed her after hearing her sing at a benefit concert. He only produced one song for her debut album, the Rod Temperton penned "You Put a Move on My Heart"
First up is jazz/r&b artist George Benson. QJ produced his 1980 album Give Me the Night which went multi platinum. This was one of the first releases on his newly formed record label, Qwest. The big singles were the title track and "Love X Love" but this was also released as a single
"What's On Your Mind"
QJ produced 4 albums for Brothers Johnson from 1976-1980. This is the lead track from the first album, Look Out For #1.
"Ill Be Good to You"
QJ produced the debut album for James Ingram in 1983. It contained this catchy duet with Michael McDonald
"Yah Mo B There"
In 1998 Canadian singer Tamia released her debut LP on Qwest Records. Quincy signed her after hearing her sing at a benefit concert. He only produced one song for her debut album, the Rod Temperton penned "You Put a Move on My Heart"
Cont'd
My favorite tune from Rufus & Chaka Khan. Quincy produced this one in 1979
"Do You Love What You Feel"
"Stuff Like That" was first released in 1978 and hit #1 on the R&B charts. It featured the vocals of Ashford & Simpson and Chaka Khan. Steve Gadd on the drums
"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" featuring Al B. Sure, James Ingram, Barry White and El DeBarge. This was 1990 and is the last song on my Quiet Storm playlist.
From 1995's Q's Jook Joint album, a remake of Michael Jackson's "Rock With You" featuring Brandy and Heavy D
My favorite tune from Rufus & Chaka Khan. Quincy produced this one in 1979
"Do You Love What You Feel"
"Stuff Like That" was first released in 1978 and hit #1 on the R&B charts. It featured the vocals of Ashford & Simpson and Chaka Khan. Steve Gadd on the drums
"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" featuring Al B. Sure, James Ingram, Barry White and El DeBarge. This was 1990 and is the last song on my Quiet Storm playlist.
From 1995's Q's Jook Joint album, a remake of Michael Jackson's "Rock With You" featuring Brandy and Heavy D
I just looked at this artist's backstory. One of the craziest things I've ever read.
One more from Slim. A little "minstrelsy" in parts, but pretty amazing...
Slim Gaillard, Slam Stewart, & the Harlem Congeroos
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This might sound weird, but I can hear the band, clash in this music. There's some of songs of theirs that have that same kind of beat and melody.
I don't know this band, but I like already
One of my all-time favourite instrumental jazz songs was George Benson's BREEZIN, and I enjoyed most of his music.
That was such a classic instrumental. So worth a post
It wasn't sampled as much as I thought but these 2 did it well
"Time to Chill" DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. From their classic LP He's the DJ I'm the Rapper. Sample appears right away and throughout
"Does Your Man Know About Me" by Raheim. From the soundtrack o the motion picture Juice. Sample appears at 1:30
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I've always wondered how music like this would sound had it been recorded with modern technology.
So much is lost in the grainy poor quality recording of old music.
Easily my favorite song from him and probably in my top 10 favorite songs from that era. Credit to the songwriters and producers - Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Phil Spector. Industry heavyweights at that time.
Aretha Franklin did a cover of this song which is good but doesn't hold a candle to the original imho.
He was a top reggae musician in the 1960s along with Bob Marley from Jamaica mon, and yes most of reggae music had the same background beat. Hos biggest hit was Get Up Stand Up. If you new how to dance to this music, you would meet a lot of Caribbean DDG beauties as I did. LOL.
