Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!

Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!
Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!
Studio album by Quincy Jones
Released	1978
Recorded	1978; Cherokee Recording Studios, L.A., Westlake II, L.A. and A&R Recording, N.Y.; Jazz Violins on "Tell Me A Bedtime Story" at Sound Ideas, N.Y
Genre	Jazz, Disco
Length	35:48
Label	A&M
Producer	Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones chronology
Singles from Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!
	"Stuff Like That"; Released: June 1978;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! is a 1978 studio album by Quincy Jones.^[3]

Track listing

"Stuff Like That" (Quincy Jones, Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Eric Gale, Steve Gadd, Richard Tee, Ralph MacDonald) – 6:17
- Vocalists: Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Chaka Khan
- Alto sax solo: George Young
"I'm Gonna Miss You in the Morning" (Jones, Tom Bahler, MacDonald) – 3:31
- Vocalists: Patti Austin and Luther Vandross
- Lyricon solo: Tom Scott
"Love, I Never Had It So Good" (Jones, Bahler, Patti Austin, Tee) – 5:14
- Vocalists: Patt Austin and Charles May
- Electric tenor sax solo: Michael Brecker
- Fender bass solo: Anthony Jackson
"Tell Me a Bedtime Story" (Herbie Hancock) – 6:46
- Flute solo: Hubert Laws
- Electric piano: Herbie Hancock
- Jazz violins: Harry Lookofsky (based on a Herbie Hancock piano solo transcribed by Sy Johnson)
"Love Me by Name" (Lesley Gore, Ellen Weston) – 4:10
- Vocalist: Patti Austin
- Keyboards: Herbie Hancock
- Guitar: Eric Gale
"Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:26
- Vocalist: Patti Austin
- Flute solos: Hubert Laws
- Electric piano solo: Herbie Hancock
- Lyricon solo: Tom Scott
"Takin' It to the Streets" (Michael McDonald) – 4:24
- Vocalists: Luther Vandross and Gwen Guthrie
- Tenor sax solo: Michael Brecker

Rhythm section

New York horn section

L.A. horn section

Chuck Findley, Snooky Young, Oscar Brashear, Bill Lamb – trumpets
Chauncey Welsch, Robert Payne, Jimmy Cleveland, Donald Waldrup, Bill Watrous, Charles Loper – trombones
Henry Sigismonti, David Duke, Sidney Muldrow, Arthur Maebe, Aubrey Bouh – French horns
Hubert Laws, Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, Jerome Richardson, Buddy Collette – saxophones, flutes
Tommy Johnson, Roger Bobo – tubas

L.A. string section

Israel Baker (concertmaster), Nathan Ross, Marvin Limonick, Sheldon Sanov, John Wittenberg, Arnold Belnick, Jerome Reisler, Harry Bluestone, Wilbert Nuttycombe, Carl LaMagna, Betty LaMagna, Connie Kupka – violins
David Schwartz, Myer Bello, Samuel Boghossian, Leonard Selic – violas
Dennis Karmazyn, Gloria Strassner – cello
Gayle Levant – harp

New York super singers

Technical personnel

Johnny Mandel, Tom Bahler, L. Leon Pendarvis, Sy Johnson – arranging
Bruce Swedien – engineer, mixing
Niels Erik Lund, Ollie Cotton, Anthony D'Amigo, Cheech D'Amigo – assistant engineers
Jim McCurdy – jazz violin engineer (track 4)
Bernie Grundman – mastering


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[4]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.