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From Sounds..and Stuff Like That!

I always loved Quincy Jones' version of this Herbie Hancock tune! Herbie reprises his role on keys here, while violinist and concertmaster Harry Lookofsky transcribed Herbie's Rhodes solo and overdubbed it fifteen times with strings. As usual, Quincy has an all-star session lineup here, Including Patti Austin and Luther Vandross:

Quincy Jones, conductor, leader;

Sy Johnson - arranger;

Herbie Hancock - electric piano, clavinet;

Hubert Laws - flute;

Harry Lookofsky - violin solo (15 overdubbed violins);

Anthony Jackson - electric bass;

Steve Gadd - drums;

Ralph MacDonald - percussion;

Eric Gale - guitar;

Vocals and handclaps:

Patti Austin (concertmistress),

Luther Vandross,

Lani Groves,

Gwen Guthrie

Yolanda McCullough,

Vivian Cherry,

Tom Bahler,

Zach Sanders,

Frank Floyd

Henry Sigismonti, David Duke, Sidney Muldrow, Arthur Maebe, Audrey Bouth,-French Horns ; Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, Jerome Richardson, Buddy Collette - Woodwinds; Oscar Brashear, Bill Lamb, Chuck Findley, Snooky Young - Flugelhorns; Chauncey Welsch, Jimmy Cleveland, Donald Waldrup, Bill Watrous, Robert Payne, Charles Loper - Trombones;

Arranged by Quincy Jones & Sy Johnson;

Vocal Arrangement by Tom Bahler; Rec. in NY, 1978

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Nice.

Les hear those beautiful lyrics that go along with this song too.

pieces of a dream covered this as well, but i don't see a link to it... here is another one, with herbie there...

and norman connors:

and here is the original, which is always close to my heart... from 'fat albert rotunda', a great album.

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and I'm dying to hear the remake on the upcoming Juke Block Nostra album in 2012

Kool versions, including Herbie's original! BTW, does anybody actually remember the old Bill Cosby animated TV special that Herbie originally wrote this music for, back around '69? I saw it once as a kid, but I was so young, I thought later that I had dreamed it!! There's interesting info here:

http://www.afrokids.com/a...mples.html

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paligap said:

Kool versions, including Herbie's original! BTW, does anybody actually remember the old Bill Cosby animated TV special that Herbie originally wrote this music for, back around '69? I saw it once as a kid, but I was so young, I thought later that I had dreamed it!! There's interesting info here:

http://www.afrokids.com/a...mples.html

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What, Hicky Burr? lol

Timmy84 said:

paligap said:

Kool versions, including Herbie's original! BTW, does anybody actually remember the old Bill Cosby animated TV special that Herbie originally wrote this music for, back around '69? I saw it once as a kid, but I was so young, I thought later that I had dreamed it!! There's interesting info here:

http://www.afrokids.com/a...mples.html

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What, Hicky Burr? lol

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Well, around that same time period...it was called "Hey Hey Hey...The Fat albert TV special" , or something like that...there were also a couple of Flip Wilson animated specials around the same time, or a few years later....

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paligap said:

Timmy84 said:

What, Hicky Burr? lol

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Well, around that same time period...it was called "Hey Hey Hey...The Fat albert TV special" , or something like that...there were also a couple of Flip Wilson animated specials around the same time, or a few years later....

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Ohhhh okay.

paligap said:

Kool versions, including Herbie's original! BTW, does anybody actually remember the old Bill Cosby animated TV special that Herbie originally wrote this music for, back around '69? I saw it once as a kid, but I was so young, I thought later that I had dreamed it!! There's interesting info here:

http://www.afrokids.com/a...mples.html

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i have seen portions of it...