Now running his own Qwest label and a thousand other things, Quincy Jones still owed one more album to A&M — and he gave them a blockbuster, one that reached number ten, yielded three hit pop singles and made a star out of soul balladeer James Ingram. Ai no corrida and the leadoff track, is the Quincy Jones hit method par excellence — great pacing, superb sound, a catchy tune, a hot Ernie Watts tenor sax solo and you can dance to it, too. Stevie Wonder's irresistible synthesizer hooks lift his Betcha wouldn't hurt me and Q and omnipresent composer Rod Temperton are far-seeing enough on the title track to anticipate the rise of rap. But where does all of this pop wizardry, soon to assume mythic dimensions on Michael Jackson's Thriller, leave the jazz listener? Yes, Quincy has thought of you too, however briefly, on Ivan Lins' wistful Velas where perennial house jazzer Toots Thielemans eloquently returns, taping his part in Belgium. Obviously, though, the main purpose here is to make hit pop singles, and The dude does a pretty good job of that. (Richard S. Ginell)

1 Ai no corrida (performed by Jones / Dune) 2 The dude (Austin/Jones/Temperton) 3 Just once (Mann/Weil) 4 Betcha wouldn't hurt me (Andrews/Wonder) 5 Somethin' special (Temperton) 6 Razzamatazz (Temperton) 7 One hundred ways (Coleman/Wakefield/Wright) 8 Velas (Lins/Martins) 9 Turn on the action (Temperton) Musicians: Steve Lukather - guitar Patti Austin - vocals James Ingram - vocals Michael Jackson - vocals Herbie Hancock - piano (electric) Quincy Jones - trumpet, arranger, vocals, producer Bill Reichenbach Jr. - trombone David Foster - piano (electric) Charles May - vocals Tom Bahler - trumpet, vocals Michael Boddicker - synthesizer Robbie Buchanan - strings, keyboards, piano (electric) Lenny Castro - percussion, handclapping Paulinho Da Costa - percussion Casey Cysik - vocals Chuck Findley - trumpet Jim Gilstrap - vocals Jerry Hey - trumpet, horn Kim Hutchcroft - flute, saxophone Louis Johnson - bass, handclapping Abraham Laboriel - bass Yvonne Lewis - vocals Greg Phillinganes - synthesizer, piano (electric), handclapping John "J.R." Robinson - drums, handclapping Toots Thielemans - guitar, harmonica Ian Underwood - synthesizer Lalomie Washburn - vocals Ernie Watts - flute, saxophone Larry Williams - flute, saxophone David Wolinski "Hawk" - keyboards, clavinet Stevie Wonder - synthesizer, keyboards Syreeta Wright - vocals Back on the block

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