Walking in Space
1969 studio album by Quincy Jones
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Walking in Space is a 1969 studio album by Quincy Jones.[4] The album was recorded for A&M who released the album with a cover photo of Jones taken by Pete Turner. Vocalist Valerie Simpson is featured on the title track, an arrangement of a song from the hit rock musical Hair. "Dead End" is also from Hair and "Killer Joe" features Ray Brown on bass and Grady Tate on drums.
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| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | June 18–19, 1969 | |||
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| Length | 35:06 | |||
| Label | A&M/CTI | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Track listing
- "Dead End" (Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni) – 4:05
- "Walking in Space" (MacDermot, Rado, Ragni) – 12:06
- "Killer Joe" (Benny Golson) – 5:12
- "Love and Peace" (Arthur Adams) – 5:48
- "I Never Told You" (Arthur Hamilton, Johnny Mandel) – 4:18
- "Oh Happy Day" (Edwin Hawkins) – 3:37
Personnel
- Quincy Jones – conductor, arranger
- Freddie Hubbard, Lloyd Michaels, Dick Williams, John Frosk, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet
- Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson, Alan Raph, Tony Studd, Norman Pride, Kai Winding – trombone
- Joel Kaye, Roland Kirk, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson – reeds
- Paul Griffin – piano
- Eric Gale – electric guitar
- Ray Brown – double bass
- Chuck Rainey – bass on "Love and Peace"
- Bob James – electric piano
- Hubert Laws – flute, tenor sax
- Toots Thielemans – guitar, harmonica
- Bernard Purdie, Grady Tate – drums
- Hilda Harris – vocals
- Marilyn Jackson – vocals
- Valerie Simpson – vocal solo on "Walking in Space"
- Maretha Stewart – vocals
- Technical
- Pete Turner – photography