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1981 studio album by Quincy Jones
The Dude is a 1981
studio album by the American musician and producer
Quincy Jones . Jones used many
studio musicians .
Three singles were released from the album in the US, all of which charted on the
US Top 40 . "
Just Once " and "
One Hundred Ways " both feature vocalist
James Ingram 's debut and reached No. 17 and 14, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. The album gained moreover heavy dance airplay for lead single "
Ai No Corrida ", which reached No. 28 on the Top 40 and 14 in the
UK Singles Chart . The album also contains "Razzamatazz" (with vocals by
Patti Austin ) which reached No. 11 in the
United Kingdom , Jones's biggest solo hit in that country.
The Dude was nominated for twelve
Grammy Awards (including
Album of the Year ) and won three at the
24th Grammy Awards : for Best Instrumental Arrangement; Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal; and Best Instrumental Arrangement (Accompanying Vocalists). It also earned Ingram three
Grammy nominations for
Best New Artist ,
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (for "Just Once") and
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance (for "One Hundred Ways"), which he won.
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Track listing
Personnel
Personnel adapted from album's
liner notes .
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Quincy Jones – producer, backing vocals (2), vocal arrangements (1–4, 7), rhythm arrangements (1, 3, 4, 7, 8), synthesizer arrangements (1, 4, 6)
Patti Austin – lead vocals (4–6, 9), backing vocals (1–6, 9), vocal arrangements (1)
Tom Bahler – backing vocals (1, 5)
Michael Boddicker – synthesizer and vocoder (2)
Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano and string synthesizer (3)
Mike Butcher – engineer for Toots Thielemans (8)
Lenny Castro – handclaps (2, 9)
Ed "Big Julie" Cherney – assistant engineer
Kasey Cisyk – backing vocals (6, 9)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1–6, 8, 9), mouth percussion (1)
Chuck Findley – trumpet (1, 3, 5–7, 9)
David Foster – acoustic and electric piano (3)
Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (1, 2, 5)
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Herbie Hancock – electric piano (1, 5, 6, 9)
Jerry Hey – trumpet (1–3, 5–7, 9), horn arrangements (1–3, 5–7, 9), string arrangements (6, 9), synthesizer arrangements (1, 4, 6, 9)
Craig Hundley – beam-microtonal tubulons (1)
Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone (1–3, 5–7), flute (2, 3, 5–7)
James Ingram – lead vocals (2, 3, 7), backing vocals (2)
Michael Jackson – backing vocals (2, 5, 9)
Louis Johnson – bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8), handclaps (1, 2, 4, 9)
Abraham Laboriel – bass (3, 9)
Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (6, 9)
Steve Lukather – guitar (1–7, 9), guitar solo (1, 6)
Johnny Mandel – string and synthesizer arrangements (3, 7, 8)
Charles May (Dune) – lead vocals (1)
Greg Phillinganes – synthesizer (1, 3–6, 8, 9), electric piano (2–4, 7–9), handclaps (1, 4), synthesizer solo (7)
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1, 3, 5–7, 9)
John Robinson – drums, handclaps (1, 2, 4, 9)
Bruce Swedien – engineering and mixing
Rod Temperton – vocal and rhythm arrangements (2, 5, 6, 9), synthesizer arrangements (5, 6, 9)
Jean "Toots" Thielemans – guitar, harmonica and whistle (8)
Ian Underwood – synthesizer (1, 3, 5-9), synthesizer programming (1, 3–9)
Gerald Vinci – concertmaster (3, 6–9)
LaLomie Washburn – backing vocals (2)
Ernie Watts – saxophone (1–3, 5–7), flute (2, 3, 5–7), tenor saxophone solo (1, 2, 9), alto saxophone solo (5), tenor saxophone solo fills (7)
Larry Williams – saxophone and flute (2)
David J. "Hawk" Wolinski – Clavinet (1, 9), mini-Moog synthesizer (5), Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer bass (6), synthesizer programming (5, 9)
Stevie Wonder – Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer (4), rhythm arrangements (4), Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer solo (2, 4), Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer solo fills (4)
Syreeta Wright – backing vocals (2)
Charting history
Album
Charting singles
Certifications and sales
Notes
References
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A&M . 1981.
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