Mellow Madness

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.^[3]

Mellow Madness
Studio album by Quincy Jones
Released	August 1975
Recorded	1975 Record Plant, Los Angeles and Westlake Audio
Genre	Jazz, R&B
Length	44:07
Label	A&M
Producer	Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones chronology
Body Heat (1974) Mellow Madness (1975) I Heard That!! (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Track listing

1. "Is It Love That We're Missing?" (George Johnson, Debbie Smith) (3:52)
2. "Paranoid" (Joe Green)(2:55)
3. "Mellow Madness" (Tom Bahler, Al Ciner, Quincy Jones, Paulette McWilliams) (3:27)
4. "Beautiful Black Girl" (Jones, Otis Smith) (6:12)
5. "Listen (What It Is)" (Quincy Jones, George Johnson, Louis Johnson) (4:16)
6. "Just a Little Taste of Me" ( Henry George Johnson, Louis Johnson )(3:28)
7. "My Cherie Amour" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) (5:25)
8. "Tryin' to Find Out About You" ( Henry George Johnson, Louis Johnson )(3:02)
9. "Cry Baby" (Quincy Jones)(4:29)
10. "Bluesette" (Norman Gimbel, Toots Thielemans) (7:01)

Personnel

Performance

• Quincy Jones - Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Trumpet, Vocals, Background vocals
• Toots Thielemans - Guitar, Harmonica, Whistler
• Dave Grusin, Don Grusin, Mike Melvoin, Jerry Peters - Keyboards
• Ian Underwood - Synthesizer
• Louis Johnson, Max Bennett, Chuck Rainey - Bass
• Grady Tate, Harvey Mason - Drums
• Wah Wah Watson, George Johnson,Louis Johnson, Dennis Budimir - Guitar
• Ralph MacDonald - Conga Drums, Percussion
• Hubert Laws - Flute
• Tommy Morgan - Harmonica
• Ernie Krivda, Sahib Shihab - Saxophone
• Bill Lamb, Chuck Findley, Tom Bahler - Trumpet - backing vocals
• Frank Rosolino - Trombone, Trumpet
• George Bohanon - Trombone
• Jerome Richardson - Wind
• Minnie Riperton, Leon Ware, Jesse Kirkland, Myrna Matthews, Paulette McWilliams, Joseph Greene, Jim Gilstrap, Carolyn Willis, Watts Prophets, George Johnson - Vocals

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions[4]
		US	US R&B	US Jazz
1975	Mellow Madness	16	3	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions[5]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1975	"Is It Love That We're Missing?"	70	18	—
1976	"Mellow Madness"	—	82	—

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 114. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Mellow Madness at AllMusic
4. "Quincy Jones US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
5. "Quincy Jones US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.