1969 Quincy Jones – Walking In Space
Walking In Space is a 1969 studio album by Quincy Jones. The album was recorded for A&M and features an iconic photo of Quincy by Pete Turner who made some of the most famous A&M album covers. 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, an early example of a strong jazz rhythm section in pop music.
Tracks
1 Dead End (Galt MacDermot; Gerome Ragni; James Rado) 03:55
2 Walking In Space (Galt MacDermot; Gerome Ragni; James Rado) 12:06
3 Killer Joe (Benny Golson) 05:12
4 Love And Peace (Arthur Adams) 05:48
5 I Never Told You (Arthur Hamilton; Johnny Mandell) 04:18
6 Oh, Happy Day (Edwin Hawkins) 03:36
Biography
Musicians
| Bass | Ray Brown |
| Guitar | Eric Gale |
| Piano | Bob James |
| Flute | Hubert Laws |
| Sax | Joel Kaye |
| Sax | Jerome Richardson |
| Sax | Roland Kirk |
| Trombone | Jimmy Cleveland |
| Trumpet | Freddie Hubbard |
| Vocals | Hilda Harris |
| Vocals | Marilyn Jackson |
| Vocals | Valerie Simpson |
Other Musicians
1 Dead End
| Drums | Grady Tate |
| Harmonica | Toots Thielemans |
| Trombone | Kai Winding |
2 Walking In Space
| Drums | Grady Tate |
| Harmonica | Toots Thielemans |
| Trombone | Kai Winding |
| Vocals | Maretha Stewart |
3 Killer Joe
| Drums | Grady Tate |
| Keyboards | Paul Griffin |
| Trombone | JJ Johnson |
| Trumpet | Richard Williams |
4 Love And Peace
| Bass | Chuck Rainey |
| Drums | Bernard Purdie |
| Sax | Hubert Laws |
5 I Never Told You
| Drums | Grady Tate |
| Harmonica | Toots Thielemans |
| Sax | Jerome Richardson |
| Trombone | Kai Winding |
6 Oh, Happy Day
| Drums | Bernard Purdie |
| Trombone | Norman Pride |
| Trumpet | Marvin Stamm |
Liner Notes
Producer – Creed Taylor
Arranged By – Quincy Jones
Conductor – Quincy Jones
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Artwork By – Sam Antupit
Photography – Pete Turner
Mastered At Audio Matrix, Inc.
Recorded At Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey