Quincy Jones - Walking In Space (1969)
1. Dead End
2. Walking in Space
3. Killer Joe
4. Love and Peace
5. I Never Told You
6. Oh Happy Day.
Quincy Jones-arr, cond, voc, tpt
Freddie Hubbard-tpt
Rahsaan Roland Kirk-ww
Toots Thielemans-g, hca
Eric Gale-g
Bob James-k
Ray Brown-b
Grady Tate-d
Jesse Kirkland-voc
Walking In Space
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Walkin' In Space is Jones' tour de force-a monster of an album that still has feet tapping and heads bobbing after thirty wonderful funk-inflected-jazz years. I have been building my jazz collection since the mid-90's and now have close to 200 jazz albums. My love for jazz began with THIS disc, er, record I should say.
Hearing this album is one of my earliest memories. My dad would play it on his turntable and I remember singing along with some of the tunes. This album is infectious. When I learned that it was released on CD I immediately picked it up; throwing my cassette version in the trash as I walked out the door to the cd shop. What a perfect mix of 'mainstream' (read: hard-bop) jazz and electrified funk/soul ala the wonderful guitar playing of Eric Gale and bassist Ray Brown. Dig that bass line in the title track and the segue between it and "Dead End"!!
An immortal record that exudes the feel of the late 60's with every quarter note. Quincy's ability to organize space on this recording, to put in a little bit of this *here* at just the right point and a little of that *over there* is amazing. A great showcase for some famous jazzmen of the older school and some new up-and-coming talents. Brooding and ecstatic. Pure Joy.