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The Dude is a 1981 studio album released and recorded by Quincy Jones. Jones utilized a lengthy list of studio musicians to perform the tracks.
Three singles were released from the album in the US, all of which charted on the U.S. Top 40. “Just Once” and “One Hundred Ways” both feature vocalist James Ingram‘s debut and reached No. 17 and 14, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. The album gained moreover heavy dance airplay for lead single “Ai No Corrida“, which reached No. 28 on the Top 40 and 14 in the UK Singles Chart. The album also contains “Razzamatazz” (with vocals by Patti Austin) which reached No. 11 in the United Kingdom, Jones’s biggest solo hit in that country.
The Dude was nominated for twelve Grammy Awards (including Album of the Year) and won three at the 24th Grammy Awards: for Best Instrumental Arrangement; Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal; and Best Instrumental Arrangement (Accompanying Vocalists). It also earned Ingram three Grammy nominations for Best New Artist, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (for “Just Once”) and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance (for “One Hundred Ways”), which he won.
The Dude was the right album at the right time. The 48-year old Quincy Jones, was then hotter than he’d ever been in his lengthy career for his production of Michael Jackson’s groundbreaking Off The Wall. And that had been some career. He’d worked with Frank Sinatra, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald; played the trumpet with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker; composed the score for 35 movies – including In The Heat Of The Night, In Cold Blood and the TV series Roots
The Dude was a fantastic collaborative effort, which finally gave him the solo artist breakthrough that he’d craved for many years. He moved out from being the respected name on the back of album sleeves to fully standing centre stage. With it came this platinum seller that earned him no less than five Grammys.
The lead single was a cover of Ai No Corrida, already released by A&M’s then- new golden boy, Chaz Jankel. Jankel, known to UK audiences as Ian Dury’s right-hand man in the Blockheads, served up a lusty tale based around the Japanese sensual movie of the same name. It was a perfect choice, crashing into the US Top 30.
The Dude launched the singing careers of Patti Austin (Jones’ goddaughter) and James Ingram. Rod Temperton’s Razzamatazz, a UK hit, showed the Austin’s sweetness. The album’s standout however was the cool grove of the Stevie Wonder-penned Betcha Wouldn’t Hurt Me, arranged by Jones and Wonder and based around the aching throb of Stevie’s Yamaha CS 80 synthesiser.
Jones’ next production was the best selling album of all-time, Michael Jackson’s Thriller. It was as if the collaborative work on The Dude had sharpened even further his innate sense of commercialism.
Personnel
Personnel adapted from album’s liner notes.
- Quincy Jones – Producer, Vocal Arrangements, Rhythm Arrangements, Synth Arrangements, Backing Vocals
- Patti Austin – Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Vocal Arrangements
- Tom Bahler – Backing Vocals
- Michael Boddicker – Voice Synthesizer
- Robbie Buchanan – Acoustic Piano & Synth Strings
- Mike Butcher – Engineer
- Lenny Castro – Handclaps
- Ed Cherney – Assistant Engineer
- Casey Cysick – Backing Vocals
- Paulinho da Costa – Percussion, Mouth Percussion
- Chuck Findley – Trumpet
- David Foster – Electric & Acoustic Piano
- Jim Gilstrap – Backing Vocals
- Bernie Grundman – Mastering
- Herbie Hancock – Electric Piano
- Jerry Hey – Trumpet, Horn Arrangements, Synth Arrangements, String Arrangements
- Craig Hundley – Beam-microtonal Tubulons
- Kim Hutchcroft – Saxophone, Flute
- James Ingram – Lead Vocals , Backing Vocals
- Michael Jackson – Backing Vocals
- Louis Johnson – Bass, Handclaps
- Abraham Laboriel – Bass
- Yvonne Lewis – Backing Vocals
- Steve Lukather – Guitar
- Johnny Mandel – String & Synth Arrangements
- Charles May – Lead Vocals
- Greg Phillinganes – Synthesizer, Electric Piano, Handclaps, Synthesizer Solo
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – Trombone
- John Robinson – Drums (all tracks), Handclaps
- Bruce Swedien – Engineering & Mixing
- Rod Temperton – Rhythm & Vocal Arrangements, Synth Arrangements
- Toots Thielemans – Guitar, Harmonica, & Whistle
- Ian Underwood – Synth Programming
- Gerald Vinci – Concertmaster
- Lalomie Washburn – Backing Vocals
- Ernie Watts – Saxophone, Flute, Tenor Sax Solo, Alto Sax Solo
- Larry Williams – Saxophone & Flute
- David J. “Hawk” Wolinski – Clavinet, Mini-Moog, Bass Synthesizer, Synth Programming
- Stevie Wonder – Synthesizer, Rhythm Arrangements
- Syreeta Wright – Backing Vocals
Companies, etc.
- Mastered At – A&M Studios
- Recorded At – Westlake Audio
- Recorded At – RKM Studios
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