Q's Jook Joint

Summary

Q's Jook Joint is an album by Quincy Jones, released in 1995 by Qwest Records. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard jazz albums chart on December 30, 1995.[6] Q's Jook Joint won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical in 1997.[7]

Q's Jook Joint
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 7, 1995
GenreR&B
Length73:01
LabelQwest, Warner Bros.
ProducerQuincy Jones, Rod Temperton (Associate Producer)
Quincy Jones chronology
Back on the Block
(1989)
Q's Jook Joint
(1995)
From Q with Love
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Entertainment Weekly(favourable)[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
Muzik[5]

Track listing edit

All tracks produced by Quincy Jones, except "Rock with You", produced by Jones and QDIII, and "Heaven's Girl", produced by Jones and R. Kelly.

No. Title Featuring Writer(s) Arranger(s) Length
1 "Jook Joint" (Intro) Kid Capri, Funkmaster Flex, LL Cool J, James Moody, Coko, Stevie Wonder, Lester Young, Brandy, Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Marlon Brando, Charlie Wilson, Barry White, Chaka Khan, Töne Löc, Queen Latifah, Ray Charles, Greg Phillinganes, Siedah Garrett, Patti Austin, Will Wheaton, Mervyn Warren, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, Gloria Estefan, Lelee, Charlie Parker, Shaquille O'Neal, Bono 1:32
2 "Let the Good Times Roll" Stevie Wonder, Bono, Ray Charles Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore Jones, John Clayton 2:55
3 "Cool Joe, Mean Joe (Killer Joe)" Töne Löc, Queen Latifah, Nancy Wilson Music: Benny Golson
Lyrics: Quincy Jones
Rap: Queen Latifah
Jones, Sam Nestico, Jerry Hey, Paul Jackson Jr. 7:32
4 "You Put a Move on My Heart" Tamia Rod Temperton Temperton, Clayton 6:13
5 "Rock with You" Brandy, Heavy D Music & Lyrics: Temperton
Rap: Heavy D
Jones, QDIII, Greg Phillinganes, Temperton 4:08
6 "Moody's Mood for Love" Brian McKnight, Rachelle Ferrell, Take 6, James Moody James Moody, Dorothy Fields, Eddie Jefferson Jones, Mervyn Warren, Mark Kibble 4:18
7 "Stomp" Luke Cresswell, Fiona Wilkes, Carl Smith, Fraser Morrison, Everett Bradley, Mr. X, Melle Mel, Coolio, Yo-Yo, Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson, Shaquille O'Neal, Luniz Music & Lyrics: Louis Johnson, George Johnson, Valerie Johnson, Temperton
Intro & Link: Melle Mel
Raps: Coolio, Yo-Yo, Shaquille O'Neal, Luniz
Jones, Temperton, Hey 6:16
8 "Jook Joint" (Reprise) Ray Charles, Funkmaster Flex Jones, Clayton 0:56
9 "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" Phil Collins Music: Duke Ellington
Lyrics: Bob Russell
Jones, Nestico 3:57
10 "Is It Love That We're Missing" Gloria Estefan, Warren Wiebe Music & Lyrics: George Johnson, Debbie Smith
Spanish Lyrics: Gloria Estefan
Jones, Phillinganes, Warren, QDIII, Hey 4:45
11 "Heaven's Girl" R. Kelly, Ron Isley, Aaron Hall, Charlie Wilson, Naomi Campbell R. Kelly Jones, R. Kelly, Hey, Temperton 5:26
12 "Stuff Like That" Charlie Wilson, Ray Charles, Brandy, Chaka Khan, Ashford & Simpson Jones, Valerie Simpson, Nick Ashford, Eric Gale, Steve Gadd, Richard Tee, Ralph MacDonald Jones, Phillinganes, Hey, Johnny Mandel, QDIII 5:45
13 "Slow Jams" SWV, Babyface, Portrait, Barry White Temperton Temperton, Clayton, Phillinganes, Hey 7:30
14 "At the End of the Day (Grace)" Toots Thielemans, Barry White, Mervyn Warren Jones, Jeremy Lubbock Jones, Warren, Hey 7:42
15 "Jook Joint" (Outro) Barry White, Tamia, Toots Thielemans 0:49

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Personnel edit

Musicians

Technical personnel

  • Francis Buckley – engineer
  • Stephanie Gylden – assistant engineer, additional engineering, technical director
  • Bruce Swedien – mixing
  • Rob Hoffman – mixing assistant
  • Tommy Vicari – mixing (1, 5, 8, 10, 15)
  • Al Schmitt – big band engineer
  • Jess Sutcliffe, Jon Wolfson, Chris Tergesen, Paul Barrett, Louis McCormick, Victor Giordano, Rich Rauh, Henk Korff, Eric Schilling, Rob "Phydeaux" Hoffman, Nigel Crowley, Chris Fogel, Ted Blaisdell, Brian Carrigan – additional engineering
  • Mike Scotella, Mike Stock, Gerardo Lopez, Kyle Bess, Brandon Harris, David Nottingham, Bill Smith, Gus Garces, Charlie Paakari, Terri Wong, Leslie Ann Jones, Dave Schiffman, Ross Hogarth, Rich Hureda, Brooks Larsen, Victor McCoy, Chris Brooks, Chad Fredirici, Dylan Carter, Ghery Fimbres, Stephen George – assistant engineers
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • James Flaubert, Steve Dewey, Andrew Scheps – sound design (1, 8, 15)
  • Paul Barrett – Bono vocal producer (2)

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[14] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ Wynn, Ron. "Q's Jook Joint - Quincy Jones | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ Woodard, Josef (November 17, 1995). "Q's Jook Joint". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly.
  4. ^ Hilburn, Robert (November 5, 1995). "Album Review". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ Jones, Bob (January 1996). "Quincy Jones: Q's Jook joint" (PDF). Muzik. No. 8. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Q's Jook Joint". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  7. ^ "39th Annual Grammy Awards (1996)". grammy.com.
  8. ^ Q's Jook Joint. Qwest Records. 1996.
  9. ^ "Quincy Jones Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "Quincy Jones Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "Quincy Jones Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  12. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  13. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  14. ^ "American album certifications – Quincy Jones – Q's Jook Joint". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 20, 2021.

See also edit