Q Soul Bossa Nostra Explained
Q: Soul Bossa Nostra is a 2010 studio album by Quincy Jones, recorded with various artists.[1] The album was released on November 9, 2010.[2] The title of the album refers to Jones' 1962 instrumental track "Soul Bossa Nova".
Background
Recorded as a tribute to Jones, and featuring re-interpretations of songs associated with him, it was Jones' first original album since 1995's Q's Jook Joint. Jones served as executive producer.[1]
In a press release announcing the album Jones stated, "Each artist picked a song that resonated with them for different reasons. I am honored that everyone wanted to be a part of this celebration of these songs. They all made them their own and knocked them out of the park."[1] Years later, he told an interviewer for New York "I was not in favor of doing it, but the rappers wanted to record something as a tribute to me, where they'd do versions of songs that I’d done over my career. I said to them, "Look, you got to make the music better than we did on the originals." That didn't happen. T-Pain, man, he didn't pay attention to the details."[3]
Track listing
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]
Notes
- signifies an additional lyricist
- signifies a co-producer
- signifies a vocal producer
- signifies additional production
- signifies new interpretation credits
Personnel
Musicians
- Quincy Jones – arranger (1, 3, 5, 9)
- Maxi Anderson – children's choir director and arranger (5)
- Arden "Keyz" Altino – keyboards (11)
- Victor Axelrod – piano (13)
- David Banner – instruments, programming, and intro rap (4)
- Jacqueline Brand – strings (10)
- Thomas Brenneck – guitars and vibraphone (13)
- Asia Bryant – additional background vocals (3)
- Warryn Campbell – instruments and programming (4)
- Erick Coomes – bass guitar and rhythm guitar (5)
- Tyler Coomes – percussion (5)
- Mario DeLeon – strings (10)
- Chelsea Diblasi – children's choir (5)
- Tori Diblasi – children's choir (5)
- Bruce Duke – concertmaster and strings (10)
- David Ewart – strings (10)
- Jamie Foxx – background vocals (4)
- Cochemea Gastelum – tenor saxophone (13)
- Latonya "Tone" Givens – background vocals (7)
- Andrew Gouche – bass guitar (7)
- Andrew Greene – trumpet (13)
- Sebastian Guerrero – children's choir (5)
- Dave Guy – trumpet (13)
- Reggie Hamilton – bass guitar (10)
- Tavia Ivey – background vocals (6)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (10, 12)
- Evyn Johnson – children's choir (5)
- Justin "Kanobby" Keitt – Rhodes and auxiliary keyboards (5)
- Trevor Lawrence Jr. – percussion (7)
- Brody Lee – children's choir (5)
- Cody Lee – children's choir (5)
- Natalie Leggett – strings (10)
- Alana Linsey – children's choir (5)
- Vanessa Marquez – background vocals (4)
- Terrace Martin – drums, alto saxophone, keyboards, and additional vocals (7)
- Elsie Moon – children's choir (5)
- Nick Movshon – bass guitar (13)
- Naturally 7 – arranger (3)
- Ade Omotayo – background vocals (13)
- Katia Popov – strings (10)
- Ryan Porter – trombone (7)
- Prince Charlez – background vocals (15)
- Alfredo Rodríguez – piano solo (9)
- Kendra Ross – background vocals (1)
- Homer Steinweiss – drums (13)
- Neal Sugarman – tenor saxophone (13)
- Jared Tankel – baritone saxophone (13)
- Alex Teamer – drum programming and additional keyboards (10)
- Rod Temperton – arranger (5)
- Aliaune "Akon" Thiam – arranger (2)
- Zalon Thompson – background vocals (13)
- JoAnne Tominaga – vocal contractor (5)
- Giorgio Tuinfort – arranger and additional programming (2)
- Mervyn Warren – arranger, keyboards, background vocals, percussion, string arrangements, and conducting (10)
- Kamasi Washington – tenor saxophone (7)
- Jasmine Watkins – children's choir (5)
- Sierra Watson – children's choir (5)
- Billy Wes – hook vocals (14)
- Don Williams – vibraphone and congas (5)
- Marlon Williams – guitar and additional vocals (7)
- Dontae Winslow – trumpet (7)
- Stevie Wonder – arranger (9)
Technical personnel
- Wayne "The Brain" Allison – engineer (6)
- Elvis Aponte – assistant engineer (11)
- Mike "The Manual" Ault – engineer (5)
- Steven Barlow – assistant engineer (8)
- David Boyd – assistant engineer (6)
- Thomas Brenneck – engineer (13)
- Bruce Buechner – engineer and mixing (4)
- Warryn Campbell – engineer and mixing (4)
- Vadim "Chess" Chislov – assistant engineer (6)
- Dave Class – engineer (11)
- Aaron Dahl – engineer (7)
- Michael Daley – assistant engineer (6)
- Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing (6)
- Mike Dean – mixing (5)
- "Angry" Mike Eleopoulos – vocal engineer for Ludacris (3)
- Tom Elmhirst – mixing (13)
- Michael "Crazy Mike" Foster – engineer (14)
- Angela N. Golightly – production coordination (6)
- Mark "Exit" Goodchild – engineer and mixing (2)
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Josh Gudwin – mixing (1, 12); vocal engineer for Usher, LL Cool J, and Tevin Campbell (8), additional engineering (12)
- Dabling Harward – additional engineering (6)
- Brian Herman – engineer (1)
- Andrew Hey – vocal engineer (6)
- Willard Hill – assistant engineer (11)
- Mitch Kenny – assistant engineer (3)
- Andrew Lefkowits – Pro Tools editing (3)
- Damien Lewis – mix assistant (8)
- Bill Malina – vocal engineer for Robin Thicke (8, 12)
- Terrace Martin – mixing (7)
- Harvey Mason Jr. – vocal engineer for Tyrese (8)
- Vaughan Merrick – engineer (13)
- LT-mOE – vocal engineer for Rudy Currence (3)
- Jon Moon – engineer (13)
- Robert Orton – mixing (15)
- Charlie Paakkari – 2nd engineer (10)
- Dan Parry – assistant engineer (13)
- DJ Paul – mixing (14)
- BJ Ramone – assistant engineer (6)
- Phil Ramone – original engineer (1)
- John Rivers – assistant engineer (6)
- Mark Ronson – engineer (13)
- Darren Rust – engineer and mixing (3)
- Alexis Seton – engineer (7)
- Johnny Severin – engineer (15)
- Trevor Shanks – assistant engineer (2)
- Ivy Skoff – production coordination (10)
- Tony Shepperd – engineer and mixing (10)
- Phil Tan – mixing (8)
- Serge "Surgical" Tsai – engineer and mixing (11)
- Tanner Underwood – assistant engineer (4)
- Javier Valverde – engineer (12)
- Alonzo Vargas – assistant engineer (11)
- Blair Wells – engineer (9)
- Zoe A. Young – production coordination (6)
Notes and References
- News: Trelford . Donald . 'Q: Soul Bossa Nostra' Celebrates Quincy Jones Legacy . Billboard . 2010-03-10 . 2010-06-02.
- Web site: Q: Soul Bossa Nostra: Quincy Jones: MP3 Downloads . Amazon.com . 2011-12-03.
- Web site: Marchese. David. In Conversation: Quincy Jones. Vulture.com. New York Media LLC. February 7, 2018. February 7, 2018.
- Q: Soul Bossa Nostra . 2010 . booklet . Qwest, Interscope.
