2010 studio album by Quincy Jones
Q: Soul Bossa Nostra studio album byQuincy Jones , recorded in 2010 with various artists.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Soul Bossa Nova ".
Recorded as a tribute to Jones, and featuring re-interpretations of songs associated with him, it was Jones's first original album since 1995'sQ's Jook Joint [ 3]
In a press release announcing the album Jones stated, "Each artist picked a song that resonated with them for different reasons. I am honored that everyone wanted to be a part of this celebration of these songs. They all made them their own and knocked them out of the park."[ 3] New York T-Pain , man, he didn't pay attention to the details."[ 6]
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[ 7]
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 1. "Ironside" (featuringTalib Kweli ) Quincy Jones 3:54 2. "Strawberry Letter 23 " (featuringAkon ) Shuggie Otis 3:53 3. "Soul Bossa Nostra" (featuringLudacris ,Naturally 7 , andRudy Currence ) Jones Ludacris[a] Jarrett Johnson[a] Rudy Currence[a] 4:08 4. "Give Me the Night " (featuringJamie Foxx ) Rod Temperton 3:44 5. "Tomorrow " (featuringJohn Legend ) 4:32 6. "You Put a Move on My Heart " (featuringJennifer Hudson ) Temperton 4:59 7. "Get the Funk Out of My Face" (featuringSnoop Dogg ) Jones G. Johnson L. Johnson 3:11 8. "Secret Garden " (featuringUsher ,Robin Thicke ,Tyrese Gibson ,LL Cool J ,Tevin Campbell , andBarry White ) 5:53 9. "Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me" (featuringMary J. Blige ,Q-Tip andAlfredo Rodríguez ) 7:05 10. "Everything Must Change" (featuringBeBe Winans ) Bernard Ighner Mervyn Warren 5:24 11. "Many Rains Ago (Oluwa)" (featuringWyclef Jean ) 4:57 12. "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) " (featuringT-Pain and Robin Thicke) 4:06 13. "It's My Party " (featuringAmy Winehouse ) John Gluck Wally Gold Seymour Gottlieb Herbert Weiner 2:36 14. "Hikky-Burr" (featuringThree 6 Mafia andDavid Banner ) 2:55 15. "Sanford and Son " (featuringT.I. ,B.o.B ,Prince Charlez andMohombi ) 4:08
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Quincy Jones – musical arrangements (1, 3, 5, 9)Maxi Anderson – children's choir director and arranger (5) Arden "Keyz" Altino – keyboards (11)Victor Axelrod – piano (13)David Banner – all instruments, music programming, intro rap vocals (4)Jacqueline Brand – strings played by (10) Thomas Brenneck – guitars, vibraphone (13)Asia Bryant – additional background vocals (3)Warryn Campbell – all instruments, music programming (4)Erick Coomes – bass guitar, rhythm guitar (5) Tyler Coomes – additional percussion (5) Rudy Currence – additional rap vocals (3)Mario DeLeon – strings played by (10) Chelsea Diblasi – children's choir (5) Tori Diblasi – children's choir (5) Bruce Dukov – concertmaster, strings played by (10) David Ewart – strings played by (10) Jamie Foxx – lead and background vocals (4)Cochemea Gastelum – tenor saxophone (13)Latonya "Tone" Givens – background vocals (7) Andrew Gouche – bass guitar (7)Andrew Greene – trumpet (13) Sebastian Guerrero – children's choir (5) Dave Guy – trumpet (13)Reggie Hamilton – bass guitar (10) Tavia Ivey – background vocals (6) Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (10, 12)Evyn Johnson – children's choir (5) Justin "Kanobby" Keitt – Rhodes and auxiliary keyboards (5) Trevor Lawrence Jr. – percussion (7) Brody Lee – children's choir (5) Cody Lee – children's choir (5) Natalie Leggett – strings played by (10) Alana Linsey – children's choir (5) Vanessa Marquez – background vocals (4) Terrace Martin – drums, alto saxophone, keyboards, additional vocals (7)Elsie Moon – children's choir (5) Nick Movshon – bass guitar (13)Naturally 7 – background vocals, musical arrangements (3)Ade Omotayo – background vocals (13) Katia Popov – strings (10) Ryan Porter – trombone (7)Prince Charlez – background vocals (15)Alfredo Rodríguez – piano solo (9)Kendra Ross – background vocals (1)Homer Steinweiss – drums (13)Neal Sugarman – tenor saxophone (13)Jared Tankel – baritone saxophone (13) Alex Teamer – drum programming, additional keyboards (10) Rod Temperton – arranger (5)Aliaune "Akon" Thiam – vocals, musical arrangements (2)Zalon Thompson – background vocals (13)JoAnne Tominaga – vocal contractor (5) Giorgio Tuinfort – musical arrangements, additional music programming (2)Mervyn Warren – musical arrangements, keyboards, percussion, string arrangements, strings conducted by, background vocals (10)Kamasi Washington – tenor saxophone (7)Jasmine Watkins – children's choir (5) Sierra Watson – children's choir (5) Billy Wes – hook vocals (14) Don Williams – vibraphone, congas (5) Marlon Williams – guitar, additional vocals (7) Dontae Winslow – trumpet (7) Stevie Wonder – musical arrangements (9)Technical personnel
Wayne "The Brain" Allison – engineer (6) Elvis Aponte – assistant engineer (11) Mike "The Manual" Ault – engineer (5) Steven Barlow – assistant engineer (8) David Boyd – assistant engineer (6) Thomas Brenneck – engineer (13) Bruce Buechner – engineer and mixing (4) Warryn Campbell – engineer and mixing (4)Vadim "Chess" Chislov – assistant engineer (6) Dave Class – engineer (11) Aaron Dahl – engineer (7) Michael Daley – assistant engineer (6) Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing (6) Mike Dean – mixing (5)"Angry" Mike Eleopoulos – vocal engineer for Ludacris (3) Tom Elmhirst – mixing (13)Michael "Crazy Mike" Foster – engineer (14) Angela N. Golightly – production coordination (6) Mark "Exit" Goodchild – engineer and mixing (2) Bernie Grundman – masteringJosh Gudwin – mixing (1, 12); vocal engineer for Usher, LL Cool J, and Tevin Campbell (8), additional engineering (12) Dabling Harward – additional engineering (6) Brian Herman – engineer (1) Andrew Hey – vocal engineer (6) Willard Hill – assistant engineer (11) Mitch Kenny – assistant engineer (3) Andrew Lefkowits – Pro Tools editing (3) Damien Lewis – mix assistant (8) Bill Malina – vocal engineer for Robin Thicke (8, 12) Terrace Martin – mixing (7)Harvey Mason Jr. – vocal engineer for Tyrese (8)Vaughan Merrick – engineer (13) LT-mOE – vocal engineer for Rudy Currence (3) Jon Moon – engineer (13) Robert Orton – mixing (15)Charlie Paakkari – 2nd engineer (10) Dan Parry – assistant engineer (13) DJ Paul – mixing (14)BJ Ramone – assistant engineer (6) Phil Ramone – original engineer (1)John Rivers – assistant engineer (6) Mark Ronson – engineer (13)Darren Rust – engineer and mixing (3) Alexis Seton – engineer (7) Johnny Severin – engineer (15) Trevor Shanks – assistant engineer (2) Ivy Skoff – production coordination (10) Tony Shepperd – engineer and mixing (10) Phil Tan – mixing (8) Serge "Surgical" Tsai – engineer and mixing (11) Tanner Underwood – assistant engineer (4) Javier Valverde – engineer (12) Alonzo Vargas – assistant engineer (11) Blair Wells – engineer (9) Zoe A. Young – production coordination (6) ^ Album review: Quincy Jones' 'Q: Soul Bossa Nostra' – latimes.com ^ Quincy Jones pulls together quite the crowd for 'Q' – USATODAY.com ^a b c Trelford, Donald (March 10, 2010)." .Billboard . RetrievedJune 2, 2010 . ^ "Q: Soul Bossa Nostra: Quincy Jones: MP3 Downloads" . Amazon.com. RetrievedDecember 3, 2011 .^ Frederick, Jennifer (November 4, 2024)."Quincy Jones, Master of All Things Musical, Dies at 91" .The Hollywood Reporter . RetrievedNovember 7, 2024 . ^ Marchese, David (February 7, 2018)."In Conversation: Quincy Jones" .Vulture.com . New York Media LLC. RetrievedFebruary 7, 2018 . ^ Q: Soul Bossa Nostra (booklet).Qwest ,Interscope . 2010.
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