Smackwater Jack
Studio album by Quincy Jones
Released	October 1971
Recorded	1971
Studio	A & R Studios Sound Ideas Studios
Genre	Jazz lounge[1]
Length	42:48
Label	A&M
Producer	Phil Ramone
Quincy Jones chronology
$ (1971) Smackwater Jack (1971) The Hot Rock (1972)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Smackwater Jack is a 1971 studio album by Quincy Jones.^[4] Tracks include the theme music to Ironside and The Bill Cosby Show.

Track listing

1. "Smackwater Jack" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:31
2. "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Vince Guaraldi, Carel Werber) – 4:26
3. "Ironside" (Quincy Jones) – 3:53
4. "What's Going On" (Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye) – 9:51
5. "Theme from The Anderson Tapes" (from The Anderson Tapes) (Jones) – 5:16
6. "Brown Ballad" (Ray Brown) – 4:20
7. "Hikky Burr" (Bill Cosby, Jones) – 4:02
8. "Guitar Blues Odyssey: From Roots to Fruits" (Jones) – 6:35

Personnel

• Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor, vocals^[5]
• Joshie Armstead,^[6] Valerie Simpson, Bill Cosby, Marilyn Jackson – vocals^[5]
• Freddie Hubbard, Marvin Stamm – flugelhorn^[5]
• Buddy Childers, Snooky Young, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal – trumpet^[5]
• Wayne Andre, Garnett Brown – trombone^[5]
• Eric Gale, Arthur Adams, Freddie Robinson, Jim Hall, Joe Beck – guitar^[5]
• Toots Thielemans – guitar, harmonica, whistler^[5]
• Grady Tate – drums, percussion^[5]
• Paul Humphrey – drums^[5]
• Bob James, Joe Sample – keyboards^[5]
• Jaki Byard, Monty Alexander, Bobby Scott – piano^[5]
• Jimmy Smith – electronic organ^[5]
• Dick Hyman – piano, electric harpsichord^[5]
• Carol Kaye, Chuck Rainey – electric bass^[5]
• Ray Brown, Bob Cranshaw – double bass^[5]
• Hubert Laws – flute, saxophone^[5]
• Milt Jackson – vibraphone^[5]
• Pete Christlieb, Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone^[5]
• Edd Kalehoff, Paul Beaver – Moog synthesizer^[5]

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