Back on the block
Back on the block | ||||
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Quincy Jones' studio album | ||||
Publication |
1989 |
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Label (s) | Qwest | |||
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CD |
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Title (number) |
14th |
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running time |
57 min: 54 sec |
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occupation |
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Quincy Jones |
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Studio (s) |
Westlake Audio Studio |
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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. "
Track list
- Prologue (2Q's Rap) Big Daddy Kane , Jones - 1:04
- Back on the Block (Jones, Rod Temperton , Siedah Garrett , Caiphus Semenya , Ice-T , Melle Mel , Big Daddy Kane , Kool Moe Dee ) - 6:34
- I Don't Go for That ( Ian Prince ) - 5:11
- I'll Be Good to You ( George Johnson , Louis Johnson , Sonora Sam ) - 4:54
- The Verb to Be (Introduction to ›Wee B. Dooinit‹) ( Mervyn Warren ) - 0:29
- Wee B. Dooinit (Acapella Party by the Human Bean Band) (Jones, Siedah Garrett, Ian Prince) - 3:34
- The Places You Find Love ( Glen Ballard , Clif Magness , Caiphus Semenya) - 6:25
- Jazz Corner of the World (Introduction to ›Birdland‹) (Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee) - 2:54
- Birdland ( Joe Zawinul ) - 5:33
- Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song) ( Ivan Lins , Gilson Peranzzetta ) - 5:05
- One Man Woman (Garrett, Ian Prince, Harriet Roberts ) - 3:44
- "Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)" (George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Siedah Garrett) - 4:46
- "Prelude to the Garden" ( Jorge Calandrelli ) - 0:54
- "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
- ↑ Review of the album at allmusic. Retrieved February 19, 2013 .