Quincy Jones "Body Heat" (1974) -Jazz Funk / Smooth Soul-

Label : A&M Records

 

 Side One

01 - Body Heat (Quincy Jones, Leon Ware, Bruce Fisher & Stanley Richardson)

02 - Soul Saga (Song Of The Buffalo Soldier) (Ray Brown, Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler & Joe Greene)

03 - Everything Must Change (Benard Ighner)

04 - Boogie Joe The Grinder (Quincy Jones, Dave Grusin & Tom Bahler)

05 - Reprise: Everything Must Change (Benard Ighner)

Side Two

01 - One Track Mind (Quincy Jones & Leon Ware)

02 - Just A Man (Paul Valdemar 'Valdy' Horsdal)

03 - Along Came Betty (Benny Golson)

04 - If I Ever Lose This Heaven (Leon Ware & Pam Sawyer)

Produced by Quincy Jones & Ray Brown

Recording Engineer : Phil Schier

Mixed by Phil Schier & Quincy Jones

Quad Remix at West Lake Audio by Phil Schier

Arranged by Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler, Dave Blumberg

Special Thanks to :

Keyboards : 

Dave Grusin : ARP Soloist, Electric Piano, Electronic Bass Drums & YC30

Herbie Hancock : Piano, Electric Piano, ARP Odyssey & Synthesizer

Richard Tee & Bob James : Electric Piano

Billy Preston : ARP Soloist & Organ

Mike Melvoin : Synthesizer

Guitars : Dennis Coffey, Arthur Adams, Phil Upchurch, Eric Gale, 'Wah Wah' Watson, David T. Walker

Drums : James Gadson, Paul Humphrey, Bernard Purdie, Grady Tate

Percussion :

Bobbye Hall : Conga, Cowbells, Rhythm Logs B & D 1962 Buick Brake Drum

Fender Bass : Chuck Rainey, Melvin Dunlap, Max Bennett

Horns : Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Chuck Findley, Frank Rosolino, Clifford Solomon, Pete Christlieb

Harmonica : Tommy Morgan 

ARP / Synthesizer Programming by Robert Margouleff & Malcolm Cecil

Vocal Group : Tom Bahler, Joe Greene, Jesse Kirkland, Jim Gilstrap, Carolyn Willis, Myrna Matthews, Minnie Riperton, Quincy Jones & Leon Ware

Vocal Soloists :

Leon Ware on "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" & "Body Heat"

Bruce Fisher on "Body Heat"

Jim Gilstrap on "Soul Saga (Song Of The Buffalo Soldier)"

Minnie Riperton on "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" & "Soul Saga (Song Of The Buffalo Soldier)"

Quincy Jones on "Just A Man"

Vocal Effects by Al Jarreau on "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" & "Soul Saga (Song Of The Buffalo Soldier)"

Introducing Benard Ighner, Vocal Solo on "Everything Must Change"

Quincy Jones "The Best" (1981) -Smooth Soul-

Label : A&M Records

 Side One

01 - Stuff Like That (Quincy Jones, Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Eric Gale, Steve Gadd, Richard Tee & Ralph MacDonald)
02 - Everything Must Change (Benard Ighner)
03 - Body Heat (Quincy Jones, Leon Ware, Bruce Fisher & Stan Richardson)
04 - Betcha' Wouldn't Hurt Me (Stevie Wonder & Stephanie Andrews)
05 - Killer Joe (Benny Golson)

Side Two

01 - Ai No Corrida (Chaz Jankel & Kenny Young)
02 - If I Ever Lose This Heaven (Leon Ware & Pam Sawyer)
03 - Just Once (Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil)
04 - I'm Gonna Miss You In The Morning (Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler & Ralph MacDonald)
05 - What's Going On? (Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland & Renaldo Benson)


Mastered by Frank DeLuna at A&M Recording Studios
Album Compilation : Ed Eckstine


Side One

01 - Stuff Like That

From The Album "Sounds... And Stuff Like That!!"
Featuring Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Chaka Khan
Produced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Productions

02 - Everything Must Change

From The Album "Body Heat"
Featuring Benard Ighner
Produced by Quincy Jones & Ray Brown

03 - Body Heat

From The Album "Body Heat"
Featuring Leon Ware
Produced by Quincy Jones & Ray Brown

04 - Betcha' Wouldn't Hurt Me

From The Album "The Dude"
Featuring Patti Austin
Produced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Productions

05 - Killer Joe

From The Album "Walking In Space"
Produced by Creed Taylor

Side Two

01 - Ai No Corrida

From The Album "The Dude"
Featuring Dune
Lead vocal : Charles May
Produced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Productions

02 - If I Ever Lose This Heaven

From The Album "Body Heat"
Featuring Leon Ware & Minnie Riperton
Produced by Quincy Jones & Ray Brown

03 - Just Once

From The Album "The Dude"
Featuring James Ingram
Produced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Productions

04 - I'm Gonna Miss You In The Morning

From The Album "Sounds... And Stuff Like That!!"
Featuring Patti Austin & Luther Vandross
Produced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Productions

05 - What's Going On?

From The Album "Smackwater Jack"
Featuring Quincy Jones & Valerie Simpson
Produced by Quincy Jones, Ray Brown & Phil Ramone

Benard Ighner "Little Dreamer" (1978) -Westcoast Jazz / Westcoast Soul-

Label : Alfa Records

 Side One

01 - Life Goes On (Benard Ighner)
02 - Ascension (Benard Ighner)
03 - Sing To Me (Benard Ighner)
04 - Little Dreamer (Benard Ighner)

Side Two

01 - And It All Goes Round & Round (Benard Ighner)
02 - Medley: It Not So Strange ~It Ain't Strange (Benard Ighner)
03 - It's The Same Old Story (Benard Ighner)
04 - Everything Must Change (Benard Ighner)


Produced by Shun Miyazumi & Benard Ighner
Recording Engineers : Norio  Yoshizawa, Phil Schier
Re-Mixing Engineer : Norio  Yoshizawa
Assistant Engineers : Atsushi Saito, Yasuhiko Terada, Mitsuo Koike


Side One

01 - Life Goes On

Arranged by Byron Olson

02 - Ascension

Arranged by Benard Ighner
Keyboards & Percussion : Benard Ighner
Bass : Keith Ighner
Electric Guitar : Kazumi Watanabe
Drums : Shuichi 'Ponta' Murakami
Percussion : Motoya Hamaguchi

03 - Sing To Me

Arranged by Benard Ighner
Strings Arranged by Byron Olson & Benard Ighner
Nylon Stringed Acoustic Guitar & Percussion : Benard Ighner
Electric & Acoustic 12-string Guitar : Kazumi Watanabe
Bass : Keith Ighner
Drums : Shuichi 'Ponta' Murakami
Percussion : Motoya Hamaguchi
Synthesizer : Jun Fukamachi

04 - Little Dreamer

Arranged by Benard Ighner
Strings & Flutes Arranged by David Blumberg
Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer & Percussion : Benard Ighner
Bass : Keith Ighner
Electric Guitar : Kazumi Watanabe
Electric Guitar : Edward Arkin
Drums : Shuichi 'Ponta' Murakami
Percussion : Motoya Hamaguchi

Side Two

01 - And It All Goes Round & Round

Arranged by Benard Ighner
Strings & Horns Arranged by David Blumberg
Electric Piano & Percussion : Benard Ighner
Bass : Keith Ighner
Drums : Shuichi 'Ponta' Murakami
Electric Guitar : Kazumi Watanabe
Percussion : Motoya Hamaguchi

02 - Medley: It Not So Strange ~It Ain't Strange

Arranged by Benard Ighner
Strings & Horns Arranged by Dale Oehler
Electric Piano : Benard Ighner
Bass : Keith Ighner
Drums : Shuichi 'Ponta' Murakami
Electric Guitar : Kazumi Watanabe
Tenor Sax : Pete Christlieb
Trumpet : Richard 'Blue' Mitchell

03 - It's The Same Old Story

Arranged by Benard Ighner
Electric Piano : Benard Ighner
Bass : Keith Ighner
Drums : Shuichi 'Ponta' Murakami
Electric Guitar : Kazumi Watanabe
Acoustic Piano : Jun Fukamachi

04 - Everything Must Change

Arranged by Byron Olson