Back on the block

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Back on the block
Quincy Jones' studio album

Publication
(s)

1989

Label (s) Qwest

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Jazz , hip-hop , contemporary R&B

Title (number)

14th

running time

57 min: 54 sec

occupation
  • see article

production

Quincy Jones

Studio (s)

Westlake Audio Studio
Oceanway Record One
Lighthouse Studios
Digital Recorders
Tarpan Studios

chronology
The Dude
(1981) 		Back on the block Q's Jook Joint
(1995)

Back on the Block is an album by Quincy Jones released in 1989. The album features a variety of prominent musicians from various genres, including Miles Davis , Joe Zawinul , Ice-T , Big Daddy Kane , Dizzy Gillespie , George Benson , Luther Vandross , Dionne Warwick , Barry White , Chaka Khan , Take 6 , Bobby McFerrin , Al Jarreau and Ray Charles . The album includes the last studio recordings of Ella Fitzgerald , with whom Jones had already worked in 1963, and Sarah Vaughan .

reception

The album won seven Grammy Awards , including a Grammy for "Album of the Year". Richard S. Ginell rated the album four out of five stars on Allmusic and wrote:

“Later, jazz buffs would vilify Jones for not taking fuller advantage of this one-time constellation of jazz stars, but at the time, it seemed like a marvelous dialogue between the old and the new… .Yet Back on the Block remains a strikingly durable piece of entertainment, and in hindsight, a poignant signpost of the changing of the guard. "

“Later, jazz fans would vilify Jones for not taking full advantage of this unique constellation of jazz greats, but at the time it seemed like a wonderful dialogue between the old and the new…. But Back on the Block remains a remarkably long-lasting piece of entertainment, and In retrospect, a moving guide to the changing of the guard. "

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Track list

  1. Prologue (2Q's Rap) Big Daddy Kane , Jones - 1:04
  2. Back on the Block (Jones, Rod Temperton , Siedah Garrett , Caiphus Semenya , Ice-T , Melle Mel , Big Daddy Kane , Kool Moe Dee ) - 6:34
  3. I Don't Go for That ( Ian Prince ) - 5:11
  4. I'll Be Good to You ( George Johnson , Louis Johnson , Sonora Sam ) - 4:54
  5. The Verb to Be (Introduction to ›Wee B. Dooinit‹) ( Mervyn Warren ) - 0:29
  6. Wee B. Dooinit (Acapella Party by the Human Bean Band) (Jones, Siedah Garrett, Ian Prince) - 3:34
  7. The Places You Find Love ( Glen Ballard , Clif Magness , Caiphus Semenya) - 6:25
  8. Jazz Corner of the World (Introduction to ›Birdland‹) (Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee) - 2:54
  9. Birdland ( Joe Zawinul ) - 5:33
  10. Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song) ( Ivan Lins , Gilson Peranzzetta ) - 5:05
  11. One Man Woman (Garrett, Ian Prince, Harriet Roberts ) - 3:44
  12. "Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)" (George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Siedah Garrett) - 4:46
  13. "Prelude to the Garden" ( Jorge Calandrelli ) - 0:54
  14. "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" (Jones, Rod Temperton , Siedah Garrett, El DeBarge ) - 6:41

Contributing musicians

Ella Fitzgerald - Take 6 - Chaka Khan - Bobby McFerrin - Ray Charles - Big Daddy Kane - Ice-T - Luther Vandross - Sarah Vaughan - Al Jarreau - Dionne Warwick - Barry White - Syreeta Wright - Grandmaster Melle Mel - Al B. Sure! - Tevin Campbell - Alvin Chea - Andraé Crouch - Kool Moe Dee - Nadirah Ali - Maxi Anderson - Peggie Blu - McKinley Brown - Sandra Crouch - Geary Faggett - Voncielle Faggett - Geary Lanier Foggett - Ken Ford - Jania Foxworth - Siedah Garrett - Tammie Gibson - Rose Banks - El DeBarge - Cedric Dent - Chad Durio - Jim Gilstrap - Jackie Gouche - Alex Harris - Howard Hewett - Reggie Green - Jennifer Holliday - Pattie Howard - James Ingram - David Thomas - Mervyn Warren - Charity Young - Shane Shoaf - Alfie Silas - Perry Morgan - Phil Perry - Tyren Perry - Derrick Schoefield - Mark Kibble - Edie Lehmann - Tiffany Johnson - Clif Magness - Donovan McCrary - Howard McCrary - Claude McKnight - Jean Johnson McRath - Miles Davis - Dizzy Gillespie - Gary Grant - Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Jerry Hey - James Moody - Gerald Albright - Paul Jackson Jr. - Michael Landau - Randy Lukather - Steve Lukather - George Benson - George Johnson - Neil Stubenhaus - Louis Johnson - Nathan East - Ollie Brown - Harvey Ma son , Sr. - Paulinho da Costa - JC Gomez - John Robinson - Bruce Swedien - Bill Summers - Michael Boddicker - Jorge Calandrelli - Randy Kerber - Rhett Lawrence - David Paich - Michael Young - Greg Phillinganes - Ian Underwood - Steve Porcaro - Joe Zawinul - Larry Williams - George Duke - Herbie Hancock - Sheila E. - Glen Ballard - Rod Temperton - Jesse Jackson - Quincy Jones - Ian Prince - Caiphus Semenya - Morris Michael - Laurie Rox

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review of the album at allmusic. Retrieved February 19, 2013 .