Name: Body Heat
Brand: A&M (USA)
SKU: 308819
Availability: OutOfStock

Body Heat

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Album: Body Heat
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Body Heat	More Info...	3:59
2)	Soul Saga (Song Of The Buffalo Soldier)	More Info...	4:58
3)	Everything Must Change	More Info...	6:02
4)	Boogie Joe The Grinder	More Info...	3:10
5)	Everything Must Change Reprise	More Info...	1:02
6)	One Track Mind	More Info...	6:15
7)	Just A Man	More Info...	3:31
8)	Along Came Betty	More Info...	4:47
9)	If I Ever Lose This Heaven	More Info...	4:53

Album: Body Heat
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Body Heat	More Info...	3:59
2)	Soul Saga (Song Of The Buffalo Soldier)	More Info...	4:58
3)	Everything Must Change	More Info...	6:02
4)	Boogie Joe The Grinder	More Info...	3:10
5)	Everything Must Change Reprise	More Info...	1:02
6)	One Track Mind	More Info...	6:15
7)	Just A Man	More Info...	3:31
8)	Along Came Betty	More Info...	4:47
9)	If I Ever Lose This Heaven	More Info...	4:53

Performer Notes

At the time, Body Heat was a breathtaking leap for Quincy Jones, right into the very heart of mainstream commercial soul -- and it turned out to be very lucrative, rising to number six on the pop album charts. Jazz per se has been left far behind but the same musical sensibility, the same brilliant production skills, and the same knack for what will appeal to a wider audience are still at work, and the result is a surprisingly pleasing album. Amazingly, Jones still draws a constellation of jazz stars into his studio bands (Herbie Hancock, Frank Rosolino, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson, Grady Tate, Bob James), plus soul names like Billy Preston, Bernard Purdie and the soon-to-be-ubiquitous guitarist Wah Wah Watson. The emphasis, though, is first on the honeyed soul vocals from a variety of newcomers, and second on the funky grooves laced with the buzz of now-prized analogue synthesizers and wah-wah guitars. There is one reminder of Jones' big-band days, a busy electronic retro-fitting of his classic chart of Benny Golson's "Along Came Betty," where one can hear Laws blow at some length. Otherwise, to paraphrase Jones himself, if you check your jazz boots at the door, you might enjoy this. ~ Richard S. Ginell