Mellow Madness
Mellow Madness is a 1975 studio album by Quincy Jones. It was Jones's first album recorded since treatment for a cerebral aneurysm. The album introduced the R&B public to The Brothers Johnson, who co-wrote four of the album tracks.
Track listing
Personnel
- Quincy Jones – producer, arranger, keyboards, trumpet, background vocals
- Wah Wah Watson, George Johnson – guitars
- Toots Thielemans – guitar
- Dennis Budimir – guitar
- Louis Johnson – bass guitar
- Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
- Max Bennett – bass guitar
- Don Grusin, Dave Grusin, Jerry Peters – keyboards
- Mike Melvoin – keyboards
- Bill Lamb, Chuck Findley – trumpets
- Tom Bahler – trumpet, background vocals
- Frank Rosolino, George Bohanon – trombones
- Ernie Krivda, Sahib Shihab, Jerome Richardson – saxophones
- Hubert Laws – flute
- Tommy Morgan – bass harmonica
- Harvey Mason – drums
- Grady Tate – drums
- Ralph MacDonald – conga, percussion
- Ian Underwood – synthesizer programming
- Paulette McWilliams, Jim Gilstrap, Joe Green, Jesse Kirkland, Myrna Matthews, Carolyn Willis, Leon Ware – background vocals
- Minnie Riperton – background vocals
- Tom Bahler – assistant arranging
- Paul Riser – assistant arranging
- Phil Schier – engineer
- Joan DeCola – assistant engineer
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