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  • Rufus & Chaka, Masterjam, 1979 on MCA

    Rufus & Chaka, Masterjam, 1979 on MCA

    This was the eighth album by Rufus and their fifth with Chaka Khan. (They were Rufus, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, and Rufus & Chaka Khan in various releases). Produced by Quincy Jones, it’s great late seventies funk/soul and went platinum, led by the single “Do You Love What You Feel.” Rufus released their seventh album…

  • Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra, Afro, 1954 on Norgran Records

    Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra, Afro, 1954 on Norgran Records

    While this came out in 1954 on Norman Granz’s Norgran Records, my copy is a Vinyl Me, Please reissue from 2022, via UMG Recordings/Verve. When Granz formed Verve in 1956 he carried over the Norgran (and Clef) catalog. Verve then was sold to MGM in 1960, Polydor in 1972, and then became part of Universal…

  • Quincy Jones, Walking In Space, 1969 on CTI / A&M.

    Quincy Jones, Walking In Space, 1969 on CTI / A&M.

    Quincy Jones, Walking In Space, 1969 on CTI / A&M. Amazing how much music in my collection Quincy Jones had a hand in – this is late 60s jazz/funk Quincy, with guests including Ray Brown, Toots Thielemens, Freddie Hubbard, and Valerie Simspon plus many others. My copy is from the 2022Vinyl Me, Please box set…

  • Frank Sinatra, Sinatra at the Sands, 1966 on Reprise.

    Frank Sinatra, Sinatra at the Sands, 1966 on Reprise.

    Frank Sinatra, Sinatra at the Sands, 1966 on Reprise. My copy is from the 2022 @vinylmeplease anthology Story of Quincy Jones, as he was the arranger and conductor here, conducting the Count Basie Orchestra.

  • Quincy Jones, Back on the Block, 1989 on Qwest.

    Quincy Jones, Back on the Block, 1989 on Qwest.

    Quincy Jones, Back on the Block, 1989 on Qwest. My copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please anthology Story of Quincy Jones. Late 80s QJ with a ton of guests from hip hop, jazz, soul: Take 6, Big Daddy Kane, Ice-T, Kool Moe Dee, Chaka Khan, Ray Charles, and many others Eclectic but very rooted…

  • Various Artists, The Wiz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1978 on MCA / Motown.

    Various Artists, The Wiz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1978 on MCA / Motown.

    Various Artists, The Wiz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1978 on MCA / Motown. Quincy Jones, with Diana Ross, Micheal Jackson, Nipsy Russell, Lena Horne – some songs by Ashford & Simpson. My copy is part of the 2022 Quincy Jones box set from Vinyl Me, Please

  • Oscar Peterson, Soul Español, 1968 on Limelight.

    Oscar Peterson, Soul Español, 1968 on Limelight.

    Oscar Peterson, Soul Español, 1968 on Limelight. Limelight was a Mercury subsidiary for well know Jazz artists – originally headed by Quincy Jones. Some folks see this as too trendy an LP, trying to jump on a samba / Latin bandwagon but I love it

  • Quincy Jones, This Is How I Feel About Jazz, 1957 on ABC Paramount.

    Quincy Jones, This Is How I Feel About Jazz, 1957 on ABC Paramount.

    Quincy Jones, This Is How I Feel About Jazz, 1957 on ABC Paramount. My copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please Anthology The Story Of Quincy Jones, which is delightful. Look at young Quincy’s serious jazz face on that cover. Great album from one of my favorite jazz eras

  • Miles Davis & Quincy Jones, Live at Montreux, 1993 on Warner Bros.

    Miles Davis & Quincy Jones, Live at Montreux, 1993 on Warner Bros.

    Miles Davis & Quincy Jones, Live at Montreux, 1993 on Warner Bros. My copy is part of the Vinyl Me, Please Anthology: The Story of Quincy Jones. Recorded in 1991 at the Montreux Jazz Festival which Quincy Jones co-produced in the early 90s. Montreux is in the État De Vaud on Lake Geneva – never…

  • Sarah Vaughan, Sassy Swings the Tivoli, 1963 on Mercury.

    Sarah Vaughan, Sassy Swings the Tivoli, 1963 on Mercury.

    Sarah Vaughan, Sassy Swings the Tivoli, 1963 on Mercury. Musical director Quincy Jones. Recorded live at The Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, with The Kirk Stuart Trio Original stereo pressing Via Discogs