I Heard That!

Quincy Jones

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I Heard That! Review

by Richard S. Ginell

This two-LP set was supposed to contain a monumental suite tracing the evolution of black music but since Jones needed more time to work on it (it has yet to emerge!), he put out this stopgap set. One LP contains new material, the other is a retrospective of his previous A&M albums. The first LP is dominated by the generic soul vocals of a Quincy Jones-sponsored creation known as the Wattsline, which is largely saddled with routine soul material after a brief, promisingly funky start ("I Heard That!!"). Of the instrumentals, "Midnight Soul Patrol" doesn't quite make it despite the presence of heavyweight funksters like George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham and Alphonso Johnson, but "Brown Soft Shoe" again has Toots Thielemans delivering some classy cameo harmonica. The "greatest hits" disc astutely pulls eight key tracks from all six of Q's earlier A&Ms (though "Gula Matari" and "Walking in Space" are heavily edited) -- and frankly, they blow his 1976 music away.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
I Heard That !!
Dave Grusin / Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones 02:04 SpotifyAmazon
2
Things Could Be Worse for Me
Charles May
Quincy Jones 04:38 SpotifyAmazon
3
What Good Is a Song
Charles May
Quincy Jones 07:33 SpotifyAmazon
4
You Have to Do It Yourself
Quincy Jones / Charles May / David Pridgen
Quincy Jones 03:15 SpotifyAmazon
5
There's a Train Leavin'
Quincy Jones / Charles May
Quincy Jones 04:16 SpotifyAmazon
6
Midnight Soul Patrol
Louis Johnson / Quincy Jones / Johnny Mandel
Quincy Jones 05:15 SpotifyAmazon
7
Brown Soft Shoe
Ray Brown
Quincy Jones 04:47 SpotifyAmazon
8
Superstition
Stevie Wonder
Quincy Jones 03:53 SpotifyAmazon
9
Summer in the City
Steve Boone / John Sebastian / Mark Sebastian
Quincy Jones 04:22 SpotifyAmazon
10
Is It Love That We're Missin'
Debbie Smith Johnson / George Johnson
Quincy Jones feat: The Brothers Johnson 03:56 SpotifyAmazon
11
Body Heat
Bruce Fisher / Quincy Jones / Stan Richardson / Leon Ware
Quincy Jones 04:04 SpotifyAmazon
12
If I Ever Lose This Heaven
Pam Sawyer / Leon Ware
Quincy Jones feat: Al Jarreau / Minnie Riperton / Leon Ware 03:35 SpotifyAmazon
13
Killer Joe
Benny Golson
Quincy Jones 04:09 SpotifyAmazon
14
Gula Matari
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones 06:58 SpotifyAmazon
15
Theme From "The Anderson Tapes"
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones 05:09 SpotifyAmazon
16
Walking in Space
Galt MacDermot / James Rado / Gerome Ragni
Quincy Jones 07:16 SpotifyAmazon
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