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 Musicians 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
Technical personnel Tom Bahler – assistant arranging Paul Riser – assistant arranging Phil Schier – engineer Joan DeCola – assistant engineer
Charts Year Album Chart positions US USR&B USJazz 1975 Mellow Madness 16 3 1
Singles Year Single Chart positions US USR&B USDance1975 "Is It Love That We're Missing?" 70 18 —1976 "Mellow Madness" — 82 —
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