- Mellow Madness
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Mellow Madness 
Studio album by Quincy Jones Released August 1975 Recorded 1975 Genre Jazz, R&B Length 42:48 Label A&M Producer Quincy Jones Quincy Jones chronology Body Heat
(1974)Mellow Madness
(1975)I Heard That!!
(1975)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Mellow Madness is a 1975 studio album by Quincy Jones. This was Jones' first album recorded since treatment for a Cerebral aneurysm. The album also featured an early appearance by The Brothers Johnson.[2]
Contents
Track listing
- "Is It Love That We're Missing?" (George Johnson, Debbie Smith)
- "Paranoid"
- "Mellow Madness" (Tom Bahler, Al Ciner, Quincy Jones, Paulette McWilliams)
- "Beautiful Black Girl" (Jones, Otis Smith)
- "Listen (What It Is)" (Jones)
- "Just a Little Taste of Me
- "My Cherie Amour" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder)
- "Tryin' to Find Out About You"
- "Cry Baby"
- "Bluesette" (Norman Gimbel, Toots Thielemans)
Personnel
Performance
- Quincy Jones - Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Trumpet, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Toots Thielemans - Guitar, Harmonica
- Dave Grusin, Don Grusin, Mike Melvoin, Jerry Peters - Keyboards
- Ian Underwood - Synthesizer
- Louis Johnson, Max BennettMax Bennett]], Chuck Rainey - Bass
- Grady Tate, Harvey Mason - Drums
- Wah Wah Watson, George Johnson, Dennis Budimir - Guitar
- Ralph MacDonald - Conga, Drums, Percussion
- Hubert Laws - Flute
- Tommy Morgan - Harmonica
- Ernie Krivda, Sahib Shihab - Saxophone
- Bill Lamb, Chuck Findley, Tom Bahler - Trumpet
- Frank Rosolino - Trombone, Trumpet
- George Bohannon - Trombone
- Jerome Richardson - Wind
- Minnie Riperton, Leon Ware, Jesse Kirkland, Myrna Matthews, Paulette McWilliams, Joseph Greene, Jim Gilstrap, Paulette Williams, Carolyn Willis, Watts Prophets - Vocals
Charts
Year Album Chart positions[3] US US
R&BUS
Jazz1975 Mellow Madness 16 3 1 Singles
Year Single Chart positions[4] US US
R&BUS
Dance1975 "Is It Love That We're Missing?" 70 18 — 1976 "Mellow Madness" — 82 — References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Mellow Madness at Allmusic
- ^ "Quincy Jones US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6851/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ "Quincy Jones US singles chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6851/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
Discography · Awards · Film score discography Albums This Is How I Feel About Jazz · Go West, Man! · The Birth of a Band · The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones · I Dig Dancers · Around the World · Newport '61 · The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones Live (in Zurich!) · The Quintessence · Big Band Bossa Nova · Quincy Jones Plays the Hip Hits · Golden Boy · I Had a Ball · Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini · Quincy Plays for Pussycats · Quincy's Got a Brand New Bag · Walking In Space · Gula Matari · Smackwater Jack · You've Got It Bad, Girl · Body Heat · Mellow Madness · I Heard That!! · Roots · Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! · Quincy Jones Live at the Budokan · The Dude · Back on the Block · Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux · Q's Jook Joint · Basie and Beyond · The Original Jam Sessions 1969 · Q: Soul Bossa NostraCompilations Ndeda · The Best · From Q with Love · Q The Musical Biography of Quincy JonesSingles Other works With Michael JacksonWith Frank SinatraWith USA for AfricaWith Artists for Haiti"We Are the World 25 for Haiti"With Lesley Gore"It's My Party" · Love Me by NameCategories:- Quincy Jones albums
- 1975 albums
- Albums arranged by Quincy Jones
- Albums produced by Quincy Jones
- A&M Records albums
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