Song:You Put A Move On My Heart
Album:Q's Jook Joint
Of course Quincy Jones is a legend of popular music. He's done so many things that it would be impossible to cover them all. The 1994 CD Q's Jook Joint was the last in a series of albums designed to showcase various R & B artists. These albums were very successful in the 80s. But Jones started in jazz. He was born Mar. 14, 1933 in Chicago and grew up in Seattle. He started out as a trumpeter but Dizzy Gillespie hired him in 1956 and this led to Jones becoming an arranger and bandleader in the 60s. That in turn led to him composing music for films and TV and producing albums for Frank Sinatra and many others. A 1974 life threatening brain aneurysm convinced Jones to cut back on his workload and he got into producing all star R & B albums. He would use established singers like Chaka Khan and his old buddy Ray Charles. He also liked to work with studio singers like Siedah Garrett. And he also liked to expose new artists like James Ingram. These albums were very successful through the 80s. Some of the featured artists on Q's Jook Joint include Ray Charles, Queen Latifah, Stevie Wonder, Bono, Brian McKnight etc. Jones met 19 year old Canadian R & B singer Tamia Washington at a party for Luther Vandross and he immediately took her into the studio to record You Put A Move On My Heart. The song was written by long time Jones associate and Michael Jackson producer Rod Temperton. The song was a top ten R & B hit and served to launch Tamia's solo career. Q's Jook Joint didn't do as well as earlier albums so Jones hasn't done any more R & B albums. But you never know. He might get interested in doing them again. He does plenty of other stuff. Here's the video for You Put A Move On My Heart by Quincy Jones featuring Tamia.
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