Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!

Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!
Studio album by Quincy Jones
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
Genre	Jazz, Disco
Length	35:48
Label	A&M
Producer	Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones chronology
Roots (1977) Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! (1978) The Dude (1981)
Singles from Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!
"Stuff Like That" Released: June 1978

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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

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
   • Vocalists: Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Chaka Khan
   • Alto sax solo: George Young
2. "I'm Gonna Miss You in the Morning" (Jones, Tom Bahler, MacDonald) – 3:31
   • Vocalists: Patti Austin and Luther Vandross
   • Lyricon solo: Tom Scott
3. "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
4. "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)
5. "Love Me by Name" (Lesley Gore, Ellen Weston) – 4:10
   • Vocalist: Patti Austin
   • Keyboards: Herbie Hancock
   • Guitar: Eric Gale
6. "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
7. "Takin' It to the Streets" (Michael McDonald) – 4:24
   • Vocalists: Luther Vandross and Gwen Guthrie
   • 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 – piano, organ
• Clark Spangler – synthesizer keyboard bass programming
• David T. Walker – guitar (track 1)
• Melvin "Wah-Wah" Watson – guitar (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

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 (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

New York super singers

• Patti Austin (concertmistress)
• Gwen Guthrie
• Lani Groves
• Vivian Cherry
• Ullanda McCullough
• Tom Bahler (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 (track 4)
• Bernie Grundman – mastering

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.