Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!
{{Infobox album
| name = Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!
| type = studio
| artist = Quincy Jones
| cover = Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1978
| recorded = 1978
Cherokee Recording Studios, L.A., Westlake II, L.A. and A&R Recording, N.Y.; Jazz Violins on "Tell Me A Bedtime Story" at Sound Ideas, N.Y
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 35:48
| label = A&M
| producer = Quincy Jones
| prev_title = Roots
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = The Dude
| next_year = 1981
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!
| type = Studio
| single1 = Stuff Like That
| single1date = June 1978
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r10578|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| page = 114
}}
}}
Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! is a 1978 studio album by Quincy Jones.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r10578|label=Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!}}
Track listing
- "Stuff Like That" (Quincy Jones, Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Eric Gale, Steve Gadd, Richard Tee, Ralph MacDonald) – 6:17
- * Vocalists: Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Chaka Khan
- * Alto sax solo: George Young
- "I'm Gonna Miss You in the Morning" (Jones, Tom Bahler, MacDonald) – 3:31
- * Vocalists: Patti Austin and Luther Vandross
- * Lyricon solo: Tom Scott
- "Love, I Never Had It So Good" (Jones, Bahler, Patti Austin, Tee) – 5:14
- * Vocalists: Patt Austin and Charles May
- * Electric tenor sax solo: Michael Brecker
- * Fender bass solo: Anthony Jackson
- "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" (Herbie Hancock) – 6:46
- * Flute solo: Hubert Laws
- * Electric piano: Herbie Hancock
- * Jazz violins: Harry Lookofsky (based on a Herbie Hancock piano solo transcribed by Sy Johnson)
- "Love Me by Name" (Lesley Gore, Ellen Weston) – 4:10
- * Vocalist: Patti Austin
- * Keyboards: Herbie Hancock
- * Guitar: Eric Gale
- "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:26
- * Vocalist: Patti Austin
- * Flute solos: Hubert Laws
- * Electric piano solo: Herbie Hancock
- * Lyricon solo: Tom Scott
- "Takin' It to the Streets" (Michael McDonald) – 4:24
- * Vocalists: Luther Vandross and Gwen Guthrie
- * Tenor sax solo: Michael Brecker
Personnel
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Rhythm section
- Ralph MacDonald – percussion
- Steve Gadd – drums
- Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
- Eric Gale – guitar
- Richard Tee – piano, organ
- Clark Spangler – synthesizer keyboard bass programming
- David T. Walker – guitar {{small|(track 1)}}
- Melvin "Wah-Wah" Watson – guitar {{small|(track 7)}}
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer, vocoder, programming
New York horn section
- Jon Faddis, Virgil Jones – trumpets
- Alan Raph – bass trombone
- George Young, David Tofani, Harold Vick, Howard Johnson – saxophones
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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 {{small|(concertmaster)}}, 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
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New York super singers
- Patti Austin {{small|(concertmistress)}}
- Gwen Guthrie
- Lani Groves
- Vivian Cherry
- Ullanda McCullough
- Tom Bahler {{small|(director)}}
- 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 {{small|(track 4)}}
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
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Certifications
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References
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Category:Albums arranged by Quincy Jones