Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!

Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! is a 1978 studio album by Quincy Jones.

Track listing

1. "Stuff Like That" (Quincy Jones, Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Eric Gale, Steve Gadd, Richard Tee, Ralph MacDonald) – 6:17
2. * Vocalists: Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Chaka Khan
3. * Alto sax solo: George Young
4. "I'm Gonna Miss You in the Morning" (Jones, Tom Bahler, MacDonald) – 3:31
5. * Vocalists: Patti Austin and Luther Vandross
6. * Lyricon solo: Tom Scott
7. "Love, I Never Had It So Good" (Jones, Bahler, Patti Austin, Tee) – 5:14
8. * Vocalists: Patt Austin and Charles May
9. * Electric tenor sax solo: Michael Brecker
10. * Fender bass solo: Anthony Jackson
11. "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" (Herbie Hancock) – 6:46
12. * Flute solo: Hubert Laws
13. * Electric piano: Herbie Hancock
14. * Jazz violins: Harry Lookofsky (based on a Herbie Hancock piano solo transcribed by Sy Johnson)
15. "Love Me by Name" (Lesley Gore, Ellen Weston) – 4:10
16. * Vocalist: Patti Austin
17. * Keyboards: Herbie Hancock
18. * Guitar: Eric Gale
19. "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:26
20. * Vocalist: Patti Austin
21. * Flute solos: Hubert Laws
22. * Electric piano solo: Herbie Hancock
23. * Lyricon solo: Tom Scott
24. "Takin' It to the Streets" (Michael McDonald) – 4:24
25. * Vocalists: Luther Vandross and Gwen Guthrie
26. * Tenor sax solo: Michael Brecker

Personnel

• Quincy Jones – producer, arranger

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
• Melvin "Wah-Wah" Watson – guitar
• 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 , 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
• Gwen Guthrie
• Lani Groves
• Vivian Cherry
• Ullanda McCullough
• Tom Bahler
• 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
• Bernie Grundman – mastering

Certifications

References