sen to follow up his two highly successful rock from those around him and from himself. ers. But that is the only hands -down jazz tune albums. "Nilsson Schmilsson- and "Son of That sounds simple, but if itis, why do so in the set. Schmilsson" with "A Little Touch of Schmils- many people have trouble doing the same? I Because Quincy works best when he focuses son in the Night.- a collection of twelve tradi- know this magazine is not Psychology Today. on people he loves like family. he devotes two tional pop tunes arranged and conducted by and I couldn't be happier about it.But in tracks to two favorite ladies. Daydreaming is no less than Gordon Jenkins. Nilsson has long thinking of Quincy Jones. the way he operates for Aretha Franklin and features Hubert Laws been prone to ballads. as his sensational 1970 and the albums he makes, I wonder if musi- on flute. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face recording "Nilsson Sings Newman" will at- cians are not at their best when they simply are is for Roberta Flack and features Phil Woods test. expected to be. Quincy expects. on alto sax. Both tracks are sung as duets by But thisisafull -production affair. with In many years of working with him I have Quincy and a startlingly talented New York Nilsson singing sweetly and serenely while the never heard him say, "I wrote a solo in this lady named Valerie Simpson. Quincy's sing- Jenkins -conducted strings circle like vultures song and I sure hope the guy can cut it." In- ing is more relaxed this time out, laid back but over the corpse of rock. Nilsson is not the first stead he designs an arrangement around a happy, further down in the mix. rocker to do such a recording. Ringo Starr player and then tells him to go on and do it. The Love Theme from The Getaway is the made one and. for what it's worth. Derek Tay- Who wouldn't be good? Quincy also hedges only romantic thing that ever happened to the lor. who produced the Nilsson album, was his bets by using the finest musicians, and he movie. Eves of Love, another Quincy original. once a PR man for the Beatles. Rock is a pro- has a formidable eye for talent. is equally romantic. Both feature a lush string fession for romantics. and therefore I suppose This is the fourth album by Quincy in as orchestra that Quincy took special pains with. that beneath every rocker is a Tony Bennett or many years at A&M. The first. "Walking In plus the unique harmonica of Toots Thiele - worse. I can justify the existence of this record- Space" (it won a Grammy). can be viewed as a mans. The two TV tracks are featherweights. ing in any number of ways. but I don't like it.I bridge back into the record business after sev- Which brings us to the three tracks I con- would sooner drag out m\ old Sinatra albums eral hyperactive years as a film -score com- sider most interesting and most indicative of than listen to a line contemporary rock singer poser. This album, "You've Got It Bad Girl," the road ahead. Summer in the City by John work out on old chestnuts. There are many is another bridge for Quincy. a bridge to the and Mark Sebastian and Steve Boone features good contemporary. ballads. Who needs an- place where music has begun to feel best for Valerie Simpson. Dave Grusin. and Eddie other version of for t4 and My Gal. let alone him, an ancient, brand-new place. Louis. You've Got It Bad Girl (by Yvonne one by a man who by all indications does not With Quincy it seems that the more he is ca- Wright) and Superstition are both associated do it with a shred of sincerity? M.J. pable of complexity. the more he is attracted with Stevie Wonder. If Quincy has the best to simplicity. Pound for pound there is more first name in the business, Stevie has the best space in this album than on any that preceded last, and the most fitting. QUINCY JONES: You've GotIt Bad it. Dizzy Gillespie once said. "It's not the notes All three of these tracks express space. easi- Girl. Quincy Jones, vocals, arr., and you play that count, it's the ones you leave ness, solid but spare rhythm. warmth, and cond. Superstition; Sanford & Son out." That, from a giant of jazz. So the circle grease. Quincy's signature is in there some- Theme: Eyes of Love; seven more. comes around full. Quincy applies Dizzy's how, I don't know how-jazz through implica- (Quincy Jones and Ray Brown, prod.) words to another form. Or is it? Is this album tion rather than sound. And who dropped by A&M SP 3041, $5.98. Tape: 8T jazz or not? Yes and no to both, if it matters the Superstition date to say hello and ended up 3041, $6.98: dr* CS 3041, $6.98. much. Manteca surely is a jazz tune. Dizzy singing with Q? Could it be Billy Preston. Bill himself wrote it. and it has solos by Dennis Withers, and Donny Hathaway? Quincy Jones has a way of getting the best Budimir, Phil Woods. Cat Anderson. and oth- If Quincy's new album were any more friendly and infectious, it would get up and run away with the milkman. M.A.

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