Quincy Jones "Smackwater Jack" (1971) -Jazz Funk / Soul Jazz-

Label : A&M Records

 Side 1

01 - Smackwater Jack (Carole King & Gerry Goffin)
02 - Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Vince Guaraldi)
03 - Ironside (Theme From "Ironside"; NBC-TV) (Quincy Jones)
04 - What's Going On? (Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland & Renaldo Benson)

Side 2

01 - Theme From "The Anderson Tapes" (Quincy Jones)
02 - Brown Ballad (Ray Brown)
03 - Hikky-Burr (Theme From "The Bill Cosby Show"; NBC-TV) (Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby)
04 - Guitar Blues Odyssey: From Roots To Fruits (Quincy Jones)


Special Credits
Produced by Quincy Jones, Ray Brown & Phil Ramone
Recording Engineers : Phil Ramone, Assisted by John Curcio, Tommy Vicari & George Clabin (Sound Ideas Studio)
Recorded on A&R Studios, New York City
All Selections Arranged & Conducted by Quincy Jones except "The Anderson Tapes" which was Arranged by Quincy Jones & Marty Paich
Creative Direction by Roland Young

Woods :
Jerome Richardson : Soprano Sax & Tenor Sax
Hubert Laws : Flutes & Tenor Sax
Pete Christlieb : Tenor Sax
Trumpets & Flugelhorns : Ernest Royal, Eugene Young, Marvin Stamm, Joe Newman, Buddy Childers & Freddie Hubbard
Trombones :
Wayne Andre : Tenor
Garnett Brown : Tenor
Dick Hixon : Bass
Alan Ralph : Bass
Tony Studd : Bass
Guitars : Toots Thielemans (Harmonica & Guitar), Eric Gayle, Jim Hall, Joe Beck, Arthur Adams & Freddie Robinson
Drums & Percussion :
Grady Tate : Drums
Paul Humphries : Drums
Larry Bunker : Percussion
George Devens : Percussion
Keyboards :
Bobby Scott : Piano
Bob James : Fender Rhodes Piano
Jackie Byard : Fender Piano
Monty Alexander : Tack Piano
Joe Sample : Fender Piano
Jimmy Smith : Organ
Dick Hyman : Electric Harpsichord & Piano
Paul Beaver & Edd Kalehoff : Moog Synthesizer
Bass :
Ray Brown : String
Chuck Rainey : Fender
Bob Crenshaw : String
Carole Kaye : Fender
Miscellaneous :
Milt Jackson : Vibes
Harry Lookofsky : Violins
Vocal Group for "Smackwater Jack" & "What's Going On?" : Valerie Simpson, Maretha Steward, Marilyn Jackson, Barbara Massey & Joshie Armstead

Featured Solos

Side 1

01 - Smackwater Jack

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02 - Cast Your Fate To The Wind

Eric Gayle : Guitar
Bobby Scott : Piano
Marvin Stamm : Flugelhorn

03 - Ironside (Theme From "Ironside"; NBC-TV)

Jerome Richardson : Soprano Sax
Freddie Hubbard : Flugelhorns
Hubert Laws : Flute

04 - What's Going On?

Hubert Laws : Flute
Freddie Hubbard : Flugelhorn
Toots Thielemans : Guitar, Harmonica & Whistler
Milt Jackson : Vibes
Jim Hall : Guitar
Harry Lookofsky : Violins (Based on a Harmonica Solo by Toots Thielmans)

Side 2

01  - Theme From "The Anderson Tapes"

Edd Kalehoff : Moog Synthesizer
Bobby Scott : Piano
Milt Jackson : Vibes 
Freddie Hubbard : Flugelhorn
Toots Thielemans : Harmonica & Guitar

02 - Brown Ballad

Toots Thielemans : Harmonica
Bobby Scott : Piano
Jim Hall : Guitar

03 - Hikky-Burr (Theme From "The Bill Cosby Show"; NBC-TV)

Bill Cosby : Vocals
Toots Thielemans : Guitar & Whistler
Freddie Hubbard : Flugelhorn
Eric Gayle : Guitar
Hubert Laws : Flute

08 - Guitar Blues Odyssey: From Roots To Fruits

Eric Gayle : Guitar (01, 04, 07 & 09)
Jim Hall : Guitar (02)
Toots Thielemans : Guitar & Harmonica (03, 05 & 06)
Joe Beck (08)