Smackwater Jack

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Smackwater Jack
Quincy Jones - Smackwater Jack.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1971
Recorded1971
StudioA & R Studios
Sound Ideas Studios
Genre
Length42:48
Label A&M
Producer Phil Ramone
Quincy Jones chronology
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(1971)
Smackwater Jack
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Professional ratings
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Smackwater Jack is a 1971 studio album by Quincy Jones. [4] Tracks include the theme music to Ironside and The Bill Cosby Show .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Smackwater Jack" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:31
  2. "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Vince Guaraldi, Carel Werber) – 4:26
  3. "Ironside" (Quincy Jones) – 3:53
  4. "What's Going On" (Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye) – 9:51
  5. "Theme from The Anderson Tapes" (from The Anderson Tapes ) (Jones) – 5:16
  6. "Brown Ballad" (Ray Brown) – 4:20
  7. "Hikky Burr" (Bill Cosby, Jones) – 4:02
  8. "Guitar Blues Odyssey: From Roots to Fruits" (Jones) – 6:35

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1971)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 56
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [8] 11

References

  1. Tower, Chris (January 1, 1998). "Quincy Jones". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 254–256.
  2. AllMusic review
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 798. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Smackwater Jack at AllMusic
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Album Liner Notes (Image 2) : Quincy Jones - Smackwater Jack". Amazon.
  6. "Smackwater Jack - Quincy Jones | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  7. "Quincy Jones Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  8. "Quincy Jones Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2020.