The Legacy of Quincy Jones

Compilation by Quincy Jones

Released 21 November 2025

Tracklist

  • CD 1: The ABC Albums
  • 1
    Walkin
    10:40
  • 2
    Stockholm Sweetnin’
    5:40
  • 3
    Evening in Paris
    4:08
  • 4
    Sermonette
    5:57
  • 5
    A Sleeping’ Bee
    4:40
  • 6
    Boo’s Blues
    5:13
  • 7
    Dancin’ Pants
    3:49
  • 8
    Blues Day
    4:42
  • 9
    Bright Moon
    5:20
  • 10
    No Bones at All
    3:58
  • 11
    The Oom Is Blues
    5:08
  • 12
    Be My Guest
    4:29
  • 13
    Medley (What’s New? / We’ll Be Together Again / Time on My Hands / You Go to My Head / Laura)
    6:19
  • 14
    London Derriere
    4:06
  • 15
    Kings Road Blues
    5:02
  • CD 2: Quincy in Paris: Les Années Barclay
  • 1
    Et voilà !
    3:04
  • 2
    Quand je monte chez toi
    3:05
  • 3
    Place Blanche
    2:41
  • 4
    Ne m’laissez pas comme ça
    3:04
  • 5
    Sermonette
    2:54
  • 6
    Numéro 13
    2:44
  • 7
    Tout doucement
    2:33
  • 8
    Avec ces yeux-là
    3:13
  • 9
    Tu joues avec le feu
    2:58
  • 10
    Quelque chose en toi
    3:07
  • 11
    Manhattan
    2:23
  • 12
    Pas moi
    3:12
  • 13
    Craven
    2:38
  • 14
    Quincy Boogie
    3:52
  • 15
    Come prima
    1:55
  • 16
    Moonlight Serenade
    2:44
  • 17
    Dans mon île
    2:29
  • 18
    Adios
    2:49
  • 19
    Cœur d’artichaut
    3:03
  • 20
    Mon p’tit pote
    2:26
  • 21
    Les Amoureux (Twilight Time)
    2:53
  • 22
    Smoke Rings
    2:05
  • 23
    Sous le vieux pont des soupirs
    2:19
  • 24
    La Valse des lilas
    2:47
  • 25
    Les Amants solitaires (Je voudrais)
    2:37
  • 26
    Fragile Eyes
    3:06
  • 27
    Numéro 13 (alternate arrangement)
    2:16
  • CD 3: The Mercury Years
  • 1
    The Birth of a Band
    2:58
  • 2
    Moanin
    3:07
  • 3
    I Remember Clifford
    3:45
  • 4
    Along Came Betty
    3:18
  • 5
    Tickle Toe
    2:59
  • 6
    Happy Faces
    2:43
  • 7
    Whisper Not
    3:26
  • 8
    The Gipsy
    4:08
  • 9
    A Change of Pace
    3:23
  • 10
    Tuxedo Junction
    2:46
  • 11
    Lester Leaps In
    3:36
  • 12
    Ghana
    4:38
  • 13
    Caravan
    3:31
  • 14
    Everybody’s Blues
    4:16
  • 15
    Cherokee (Indian Love Song)
    3:11
  • 16
    Air Mail Special
    2:35
  • 17
    They Say It’s Wonderful
    3:24
  • 18
    Chant of the Weed
    3:15
  • 19
    I Never Has Seen Snow
    3:11
  • 20
    Eesom
    5:06
  • CD 4: The Quintessence / Big Band Bossa Nova
  • 1
    Quintessence
    4:22
  • 2
    Robot Portrait
    5:26
  • 3
    Little Karen
    3:44
  • 4
    Straight, No Chaser
    2:26
  • 5
    For Lena and Lennie
    4:18
  • 6
    Hard Sock Dance
    3:18
  • 7
    Invitation
    3:35
  • 8
    The Twitch
    3:51
  • 9
    Soul Bossa Nova
    2:46
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    Boogie Bossa Nova (Boogie Stop Shuffle)
    2:43
  • 11
    Desafinado (Slightly Out of Tune)
    2:55
  • 12
    Manha de Carnaval (Morning of the Carnival)
    2:57
  • 13
    Se E Tarde Me Perdoa (Forgive Me If I’m Late)
    4:23
  • 14
    On the Street Where You Live
    2:35
  • 15
    One Note Samba (Samba de uma nota so)
    2:02
  • 16
    Lalo Bossa Nova
    3:14
  • 17
    Serenata
    3:20
  • 18
    Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)
    5:32
  • 19
    A Taste of Honey
    2:58
  • CD 5: Gone Hollywood I
  • 1
    Theme From the Pawnbroker
    Marc Allen
    3:11
  • 2
    Main Title
    3:45
  • 3
    Harlem Drive
    1:59
  • 4
    The Naked Truth
    4:12
  • 5
    Otez’ Night Off
    5:02
  • 6
    Theme From the Pawnbroker
    4:10
  • 7
    How Come, You People!
    2:53
  • 8
    Rack’em Up
    2:43
  • 9
    Death Scene
    5:03
  • 10
    End Title
    3:10
  • 11
    Theme From the Pawnbroker
    Sarah Vaughan
    2:36
  • 12
    Preludium (main title part II)
    2:26
  • 13
    Main Theme (main title part I)
    2:06
  • 14
    Threadbare (main title part III)
    2:22
  • 15
    Aftermath
    2:45
  • 16
    Fox’s Sugar
    3:31
  • 17
    Funny Farm
    1:36
  • 18
    Theme for Inga
    2:35
  • 19
    Psychosis
    3:12
  • 20
    No Place to Go
    3:13
  • 21
    Big Sir
    2:14
  • CD 6: Gone Hollywood II
  • 1
    Mirage (vocal version)
    2:23
  • 2
    Boobie Baby
    3:18
  • 3
    Shoot to Kill
    2:32
  • 4
    Dead Duck
    3:24
  • 5
    Purple Prose
    3:11
  • 6
    Main Title
    2:53
  • 7
    Mirage (instrumental version)
    3:37
  • 8
    Turtle’s Last Lap
    1:43
  • 9
    A Shot in the Park
    4:11
  • 10
    Kinda Scary
    4:35
  • 11
    End Title
    3:00
  • 12
    Who Needs Forever
    Astrud Gilberto
    3:10
  • 13
    Dieter’s First Mistake
    4:54
  • 14
    Instrumental Main Theme (I)
    2:13
  • 15
    Postcard Signed “S” / Mendel Tails Elsa / Tickets to “S”
    5:42
  • 16
    Instrumental Main Theme (II)
    3:08
  • 17
    Don’t Fly If It’s Foggy
    1:15
  • 18
    Blondie-Tails
    1:21
  • 19
    Instrumental Main Theme (III)
    2:09
  • 20
    Ridiculous Scene
    1:51
  • 21
    Body on an Elevator
    0:59
  • 22
    Bobb’s at Gunpoint
    0:48
  • 23
    End Title
    1:46
  • CD 7: Gone Hollywood III
  • 1
    In the Heat of the Night
    Ray Charles
    2:34
  • 2
    Peep-Freak Patrol Car
    1:36
  • 3
    Cotton Curtain
    2:43
  • 4
    Where Whitey Ain’t Around
    1:31
  • 5
    Whipping Boy
    1:35
  • 6
    No You Won’t
    1:37
  • 7
    Nitty Gritty Time
    1:57
  • 8
    It Sure Is Groovy!
    Gil Bernal
    2:35
  • 9
    Bowlegged Polly
    Glen Campbell
    2:04
  • 10
    Shag Bag, Hounds & Harvey
    3:33
  • 11
    Chief’s Drive to Mayor
    1:09
  • 12
    Give Me Until Morning
    1:14
  • 13
    On Your Feet, Boy!
    1:49
  • 14
    Blood & Roots
    1:14
  • 15
    Mama Caleba’s Blues
    5:36
  • 16
    Foul Owl
    Boomer & Travis
    2:35
  • 17
    In Cold Blood
    2:51
  • 18
    Clutter Family Theme
    2:07
  • 19
    Hangin’ Paper
    2:13
    2.0 ★
  • 20
    Down Clutter’s Lane
    2:46
  • 21
    Seduction
    2:38
  • 22
    Perry’s Theme
    3:23
  • 23
    Lonely Bottles
    2:40
  • 24
    No Witnesses
    2:17
  • 25
    I’ll Have to Kill You
    2:29
  • 26
    Nina
    Gil Bernal
    3:59
  • 27
    Murder Scene
    2:05
  • 28
    The Corner
    2:56
  • CD 8: Gone Hollywood IV
  • 1
    Happy Feet
    2:10
  • 2
    Stay With Me
    2:56
  • 3
    Copy Cat (Wack A Do)
    2:58
  • 4
    Happy Feet
    1:45
  • 5
    Papa San
    1:49
  • 6
    Abso-Bleedin’-Lutely
    2:48
  • 7
    Stay With Me
    Tony Clementi
    2:21
  • 8
    One More Time
    2:49
  • 9
    20th Century Drawers
    3:09
  • 10
    Locked Out
    2:13
  • 11
    Happy Feet (reprise)
    1:41
  • 12
    Rabelasian Rutland
    1:59
  • 13
    One More Time (reprise)
    0:45
  • 14
    Main Title / For Love of Ivy
    2:58
  • 15
    Wheelin’ and Dealin’
    2:46
  • 16
    Little Hippy Dippy
    4:28
  • 17
    Soul Motion
    3:46
  • 18
    Somethin’
    2:59
  • 19
    Black Pearl
    4:13
  • 20
    For Love of Ivy
    2:54
  • 21
    You Put It On Me
    B.B. King
    2:45
  • 22
    The B.B. Jones
    B.B. King
    2:11
  • 23
    Messy but Good
    2:35
  • 24
    My Side of the Sky
    Cashman, Pistilli & West
    2:43
  • 25
    Don’t You Believe It
    Cashman, Pistilli & West
    2:15
  • 26
    End Title – For Love of Ivy
    Shirley Horn
    2:55
  • CD 9: Gone Hollywood V
  • 1
    Overture
    4:43
  • 2
    Ole Turkey Buzzard (English version)
    José Feliciano
    1:58
  • 3
    Canon Del Oro
    5:05
  • 4
    Waterhole Trek
    2:57
  • 5
    Rêve parisien
    2:43
  • 6
    Ole Turkey Buzzard (instrumental)
    2:32
  • 7
    Soul Full of Gold
    2:43
  • 8
    Main Title
    2:40
  • 9
    Apache Camp
    4:28
  • 10
    Massacre Montage
    3:01
  • 11
    Ole Turkey Buzzard (Spanish version)
    José Feliciano
    1:47
  • 12
    Finale
    2:24
  • 13
    On Days Like These
    Matt Monro
    3:40
  • 14
    Something’s Cooking’
    2:30
  • 15
    Hello Mrs. Beckerman!
    1:02
  • 16
    Britannia and Mr Bridger, If You Please
    2:01
    3.0 ★
  • 17
    Trouble for Charlie
    1:47
  • 18
    On Days Like These
    3:10
    3.0 ★
  • 19
    It’s Caper Time
    3:14
  • 20
    Meanwhile, Back in the Mafia
    1:23
  • 21
    Smell That Gold!
    1:32
  • 22
    Greensleeves and All the Jazz
    2:06
  • 23
    On Days Like These
    1:14
  • 24
    Getta Blooming’ Move On!
    3:55
  • 25
    Un jour comme aujourd’hui
    Lou Reizner
    3:06
  • CD 10: Gone Hollywood VI
  • 1
    The Lost Man (Main Title)
    2:46
  • 2
    Sweet Soul Sister
    Nate Turner and the The Mirettes
    2:47
  • 3
    Slum Creeper
    3:25
  • 4
    Rap, Run It On Down
    Nate Turner, Venetta Fields and the The Mirettes
    2:33
  • 5
    He Says He Loves Me
    Ernestine Anderson and the The Pree Sisters
    3:49
  • 6
    Main Squeeze
    2:50
  • 7
    Try, Try, Try
    Venetta Fields and the The Mirettes
    2:48
  • 8
    Need to Be Needed
    3:48
  • 9
    Up Against the Wall
    4:20
  • 10
    He’ll Wash You Whiter Than Snow
    The Church Choir
    2:22
  • 11
    End Title
    Geraldine Jones
    2:04
  • 12
    Maybe Tomorrow
    Evie Sands
    3:13
  • 13
    Bump in the Night
    The Strange Things
    2:00
  • 14
    Main Title
    2:50
  • 15
    Silent Movies
    2:14
  • 16
    Maybe Tomorrow
    The Morgan Ames Singers
    4:20
  • 17
    Lost in Spaces
    Jeff Bridges
    3:18
  • 18
    Maybe Tomorrow
    The John & Mary Brass Ensemble
    4:00
  • 19
    Love Theme
    Toots Thielemans
    2:37
  • 20
    Love Theme (Faraway Forever)
    Don Elliott & Morgan Ames
    3:48
  • CD 11: Gone Hollywood VII
  • 1
    Money Is
    Little Richard
    4:29
  • 2
    Snow Creatures
    3:15
  • 3
    Rubber Ducky
    1:09
  • 4
    Redeye Runnin’ Train
    2:54
  • 5
    Shady Lady
    1:06
  • 6
    Money Runner
    3:08
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) (End Title)
    Roberta Flack
    1:45
  • 8
    Do It-To It
    Little Richard
    2:51
  • 9
    Candy Man
    3:10
  • 10
    Passin’ the Buck
    1:36
  • 11
    Kitty With the Bent Frame
    2:13
  • 12
    Brooks’ 50¢ Tour (Main Title Collage)
    Little Richard & Roberta Flack
    9:38
  • 13
    Listen to the Melody
    Táta Vega & The Ian Smith Singers
    3:40
  • 14
    Main Title
    3:15
  • 15
    Talking Drums
    2:12
  • 16
    Seldom Seen Sam
    2:31
  • 17
    Parole Party
    2:01
  • 18
    Hot Rock Theme
    Quincy Jones with The Don Elliott Voices
    2:46
  • 19
    Miasmo
    2:16
  • 20
    Sahara Stone
    3:04
  • 21
    Slam City
    1:57
  • 22
    Listen to the Melody / Dixie Tag
    4:41
  • 23
    End Title
    3:13
  • CD 12: Gone Hollywood VIII
  • 1
    Main Title
    2:19
  • 2
    The Boy in the Tree
    3:50
  • 3
    Crucifixion March
    2:40
  • 4
    Fulla ‘Fira
    2:33
  • 5
    The Eyes of Love
    Gil Bernal
    4:11
  • 6
    Trying Tie
    3:15
  • 7
    Banning Can’t Forget
    2:08
  • 8
    Sudden Death
    4:19
  • 9
    Main Title
    4:07
  • 10
    The Spell You Spin (The Web You Weave)
    Shirley Horn
    2:39
  • 11
    The Split (Main Title)
    Billy Preston
    3:06
  • 12
    It’s Just a Game, Love
    Arthur Prysock
    4:35
  • 13
    Funny Money / End Title Card
    3:31
  • 14
    The Time for Love Is Anytime
    Sarah Vaughan
    2:50
  • 15
    Call Me Mister Tibbs!
    4:33
  • 16
    Soul Flower
    4:20
  • 17
    Side Pocket
    2:07
  • 18
    Call Me Mister Tibbs! (End Title)
    0:47
  • 19
    The Out of Towners (Main Title)
    2:39
  • 20
    Theme From The Anderson Tapes
    5:16
  • 21
    Many Rains Ago (Oluwa)
    Letta Mbulu
    4:47
  • 22
    Is This What Feeling Gets?
    Diana Ross
    3:16
  • CD 13: Gone Hollywood IX
  • 1
    Overture
    7:56
  • 2
    Main Title
    2:02
  • 3
    Celie Leaves With Mr.
    3:23
  • 4
    Corrine and Olivia
    3:06
  • 5
    Nettie Teaches Celie
    4:22
  • 6
    The Separation
    2:53
  • 7
    Celie and Harpo Grow Up / Mr. Dresses to See Shug
    2:43
  • 8
    Careless Love
    0:56
  • 9
    Sophia Leaves Harpo
    2:39
  • 10
    Celie Cooks Shug Breakfast
    1:25
  • 11
    The Dirty Dozens
    3:13
  • 12
    Miss Celie’s Blues (Sister)
    2:29
  • 13
    Don’t Make Me No Never Mind
    3:05
  • 14
    Three on the Road
    0:25
  • 15
    Bus Pulls Out
    0:52
  • 16
    The First Letter
    5:04
  • 17
    Letter Search
    3:08
  • 18
    Nettie’s Letters
    0:59
  • 19
    High Life / Proud Theme
    1:08
  • 20
    J.B. King
    0:38
  • 21
    Heaven Belongs to You
    1:02
  • 22
    Katutoka Corrine
    1:00
  • 23
    Celie Shaves Mr. / Scarification Ceremony
    3:13
  • 24
    I’m Here
    1:51
  • 25
    Champagne Train
    2:36
  • 26
    Celie’s New House / Body and Soul
    4:13
  • 27
    Maybe God Is Tryin’ to Tell You Somethin’
    4:39
  • 28
    Reunion / Finale
    4:37
  • CD 14: The A&M Years I
  • 1
    Dead End
    3:55
  • 2
    Walking in Space
    12:05
  • 3
    Killer Joe
    5:11
    2.0 ★
  • 4
    Love and Peace
    5:48
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    I Never Told You
    4:18
  • 6
    Oh Happy Days
    3:36
  • 7
    Bridge Over Troubled Water
    5:06
  • 8
    Gula Matari
    12:59
  • 9
    Walkin’
    7:58
  • 10
    Hummin’
    8:09
  • CD 15: The A&M Years II
  • 1
    Smackwater Jack
    3:23
  • 2
    Cast Your Fate to the Wind
    4:29
  • 3
    Ironside
    3:56
  • 4
    What’s Going On
    9:57
  • 5
    Brown Ballad
    4:22
  • 6
    Hikky Burr
    4:06
  • 7
    Guitar Blues Odyssey: From Ruins to Fruits
    6:46
  • 8
    Summer in the City
    4:05
    4.0 ★
  • 9
    Eyes of Love
    3:31
  • 10
    Tribute to A.F.-Ro
    7:13
  • 11
    You’ve Got It Bad Girl!
    5:46
  • 12
    Superstition
    4:31
  • 13
    Manteca
    8:40
    4.0 ★
  • 14
    Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater)
    3:05
  • 15
    Chump Change
    3:23
  • CD 16: The A&M Years III
  • 1
    Body Heat
    3:53
  • 2
    Soul Saga (Song of the Buffalo Soldier)
    4:53
  • 3
    Everything Must Change
    5:59
  • 4
    Boogie Joe the Grinder
    3:08
  • 5
    One Track Mind
    6:11
  • 6
    Just a Man
    3:26
  • 7
    Along Came Betty
    4:42
  • 8
    If I Ever Lose This Heaven
    4:48
  • 9
    Is It Love That We’re Missing?
    3:50
  • 10
    Paranoid
    2:54
  • 11
    Mellow Madness
    3:25
  • 12
    Beautiful Black Girl
    6:10
  • 13
    Listen (What It Is)
    4:15
  • 14
    Just a Little Taste of Me
    3:26
  • 15
    My Chérie Amour
    5:21
  • 16
    Tryin’ to Find Out About You
    3:01
  • 17
    Cry Baby
    4:25
  • 18
    Bluesette
    7:00
  • CD 17: The A&M Years IV
  • 1
    Stuff Like That
    6:17
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    I’m Gonna Miss You in the Morning
    3:33
  • 3
    Love, I Never Had It So Good
    5:15
  • 4
    Tell Me a Bedtime Story
    6:46
  • 5
    Love Me by Name
    4:09
  • 6
    Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)
    5:26
  • 7
    Takin’ It to the Streets
    4:25
  • 8
    Ai No Corrida
    6:27
    4.0 ★
  • 9
    The Dude
    5:38
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    Just Once
    4:34
  • 11
    Betcha’ Wouldn’t Hurt Me
    3:36
  • 12
    Somethin’ Special
    3:58
  • 13
    Razzamatazz
    4:15
    3.5 ★
  • 14
    One Hundred Ways
    4:19
  • 15
    Velas
    4:07
  • 16
    Turn On the Action
    4:20
  • CD 18: Q’s Return I
  • 1
    Prologue (2Q’s Rap)
    1:04
  • 2
    Back on the Block
    6:34
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    I Don’t Go for That
    5:11
  • 4
    I’ll Be Good to You
    4:54
  • 5
    The Verb To Be
    0:29
  • 6
    Wee B. Dooinit
    3:34
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    The Places You Find Love
    6:25
  • 8
    Jazz Corner of the Word
    2:54
  • 9
    Birdland
    5:33
  • 10
    Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song)
    5:05
  • 11
    One Man Woman
    3:44
  • 12
    Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)
    4:46
  • 13
    Prelude to the Garden
    0:54
  • 14
    The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)
    6:41
    4.0 ★
  • CD 19: Q’s Return II
  • 1
    Jook Joint (intro)
    1:32
  • 2
    Let the Good Times Roll
    Stevie Wonder, Bono & Ray Charles
    2:55
  • 3
    Cool Joe, Mean Joe (Killer Joe)
    Töne Löc, Queen Latifah and Nancy Wilson
    7:32
  • 4
    You Put a Move on My Heart
    Tamia
    6:13
  • 5
    Rock With You
    Brandy & Heavy D
    4:08
  • 6
    Moody’s Mood for Love
    Brian McKnight, Rachelle Ferrell, Take 6 & James Moody
    4:18
  • 7
    Stomp
    6:16
  • 8
    Jook Joint (reprise)
    Ray Charles & Funkmaster Flex
    0:55
  • 9
    Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
    Phil Collins
    3:57
  • 10
    Is It Love That We’re Missin’
    Gloria Estefan & Warren Wiebe
    4:45
  • 11
    Heaven’s Girl
    5:26
  • 12
    Stuff Like That
    Charlie Wilson, Ray Charles, Brandy, Chaka Khan, Ashford & Simpson
    5:45
  • 13
    Slow Jams
    SWV, Babyface, Portrait & Barry White
    7:30
  • 14
    At the End of the Day (Grace)
    Toots Thielemans, Barry White & Mervyn Warren
    7:42
  • 15
    Jook Joint (outro)
    Barry White, Tamia & Toots Thielemans
    0:48
  • CD 20: Original Songs, Covers and New Readings
  • 1
    Ironside
    Talib Kweli
    3:55
  • 2
    In the Heat of the Night
    Nancy Wilson
    2:35
  • 3
    Right on Time
    The Brothers Johnson
    3:11
  • 4
    A Cannes cet été
    Henri Salvador
    2:38
  • 5
    Double Play
    Clark Terry
    3:35
  • 6
    The Pawnbroker
    Tony Bennett
    3:06
  • 7
    Get Funk Out of My Face
    Snoop Dogg
    3:12
  • 8
    Stockholm Sweetnin’ (Un coin merveilleux)
    Les Double Six
    5:40
  • 9
    Even When You Cry
    Lou Rawls
    3:05
  • 10
    The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
    Elek Bacsik
    3:23
  • 11
    L.A. Is My Lady
    Frank Sinatra
    3:15
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Kingfish
    Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
    2:51
  • 13
    Who Needs Forever
    Greg Osby
    5:09
  • 14
    The Ironside Theme
    Ray Martin and His Orchestra
    3:11
  • 15
    L’Or de Mackenna
    Johnny Hallyday
    3:06
  • 16
    It’s You Girl
    The Brothers Johnson
    3:27
  • 17
    Mon disque d’été
    Claude Nougaro
    4:22
    3.0 ★
  • 18
    The Q Cinema Suite
    Jean‐Michel Bernard
    6:30
  • 19
    Peter Gunn
    2:41

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