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Quincy Jones – Smackwater Jack (VG+/VG+) – LP, Worldwide 2025
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Smackwater Jack is an LP by Quincy Jones from 2025 released on the A&M Records, UMe label.
About this album
Smackwater Jack is a bold early-’70s Quincy Jones album that fuses jazz, funk, soul and TV-film themes into a sharply arranged whole. Issued in 1971, it shows Jones moving fluently between big band colour, jazz-funk drive and pop material with the confidence that made him one of modern music’s great arrangers and producers. The title track, a cover of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On? and themes such as Ironside and Hikky-Burr underline his range, while the record’s mix of instrumental swagger and vocal touches gives it real crossover appeal. It stands as a vivid snapshot of Jones broadening the boundaries of mainstream jazz.
Genre: Soul & Funk
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AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Quincy JonesLabel: A&M Records, UMe – 00602475786931Format: LP, ReissueUnits: 1Country: WorldwideReleased: 2025Genre: Soul & FunkStyle: Soul-JazzA1 Smackwater Jack
A2 Cast Your Fate To The Wind
A3 Ironside (Theme From "Ironside"; Nbc-Tv)
A4 What'S Going On?
B1 Theme From "The Anderson Tapes"
B2 Brown Ballad
B3 Hikky-Burr (Theme From "The Bill Cosby Show"; Nbc-Tv)
B4 Guitar Blues Odyssey: From Roots To Fruits