Quincy Jones - Ndeda (1972)

Not much is known about this 2 LP set in a gatefold jacket.

This is Quincy Jones in mostly a big band jazz format and each track laid down is nothing short of amazing. If big band jazz is you bag, then this often overlooked and obscure Lp should be at the top of your list. Twenty two selections and all have that magic touch that he has become known for.

Despite the fact that this album's got an African-sounding name, and features a painting of Quincy in tribal garb, the album's actually a compilation of his 60's stuff for Mercury which was not very Afro-funky, but which is still pretty darn groovy! The record's got his stunning cut "Soul Bossa Nova" (as used in Austin Powers!), plus lots of other groovy groovy stuff like "Jive Samba", "Lalo's Bossa Nova", "Rack 'em Up", "Harlem Drive", and "Gravy Waltz". Very nice stuff, and a great batch of material you can't find easily.

Track listing

01.  "Soul Bossa Nova"  (Quincy Jones)  - 2:40 
02.  "Gravy Waltz"  (Steve Allen / Ray Brown)  - 2:36 
03.  "The Witching Hour"  (Quincy Jones)  - 3:40 
04.  "Theme From Golden Boy"  (Lee Adams / Charles Strouse)  - 2:47 
05.  "Mr. Lucky"  (Henry Mancini)  - 2:24 
06.  "Peter Gunn"  (Henry Mancini)  - 2:52 
07.  "Jive Samba"  (Nat Adderley)  - 2:38 
08.  "Seaweed"  (Quincy Jones)  - 2:24 
09.  "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set"  (Dorcas Cochran / Quincy Jones / Henri Salvador)  - 4:29 
10.  "Dreamsville"  (Ray Evans / Jay Livingston / Henry Mancini)  - 3:46 
11.  "Back At The Chicken Shack"  (Jimmy Smith)  - 2:58 
12.  "Theme From The Pawnbroker" (Quincy Jones)  - 4:07 
13.  "Mirage"  (Quincy Jones / Bob Russell)  - 3:34 
14.  "Air Mail Special" (Charlie Christian / Benny Goodman / Jimmy Mundy)  - 4:24 
15.  "The Slender Thread"  (Quincy Jones)  - 2:14 
16.  "Harlem Drive"  (Quincy Jones)  - 1:56 
17.  "I Had A Ball"  (Stan Freeman / Jack Lawrence)  - 5:00 
18.  "Rack 'Em Up"  (Quincy Jones)  - 2:40 
19.  "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"  (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards)  - 3:28 
20.  "The Boy In The Tree"  (Quincy Jones)  - 4:05 
21.  "Lalo's Bossa Nova (Samba Para Dos)"  (Lalo Schifrin)  - 3:10 
22.  "Birth Of A Band"  (Quincy Jones)  - 2:53 

Credits
Mastered By – Gilbert Kong

Notes
Genre:  Jazz, Bossa Nova, Big Band
Lenght:  01:10:45
Label:  Mercury Records

© 1972