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Quincy Jones - Roots (The Saga Of An American Family) album

Quincy Jones - Roots (The Saga Of An American Family) album

  • Performer: Quincy Jones
  • Genre: Soulful music / Creative music
  • Title: Roots (The Saga Of An American Family)
  • Released: 2016
  • Style: Gospel, Soul, Soundtrack
  • Country: US
  • MP3 version size: 1705 mb
  • FLAC version size: 1766 mb
  • Other: AA VOX DTS AHX TTA WAV MP1
  • Rating: 4.2
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Roots: The Saga Of An American Family. 1977 A&M Records. Producer: Quincy Jones Composer Lyricist: Quincy Jones Composer Lyricist: James Cleveland. Auto-generated by YouTube.

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The Capture), Middle Passage (Slaveship Crossing), You In Americuh' Now, African, Roots Mural Theme Intro (Slave Auction), Ole Fiddler, Jumpin' De Broom (Marriage Ceremony), What Can I Do? (Hush, Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name), Roots Mural Theme Bridge (Plantation Life), Oh Lord, Come By Here, Free At Last? (The Civil War), Many Rains Ago (Oluwa) (African Theme: English Version). Music from and inspired by the David L. Wolfer production of "Roots". ROOTS the saga of an American family.

Roots is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977. Roots received 37 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It also won a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award.

Quincy Jones has been threatening to write a long tone poem sketching the history of black music for decades now, and he has yet to do it. This project, rushed out in the wake of the 1977 TV mini-series Roots, is about as close as he has come.

Roots Mural Theme, 02:11. Main Title: Mama Aifambeni (feat. Letta Mbulu, Caiphus Semanya & The Wattsline Choir), 00:59. Behold the Only Thing Greater Than Yourself (Birth), 01:30. Oluwa (Many Rains Ago), 02:28. Boyhood To Manhood (feat. Bill Summers), 00:54. The Toubob Is Here! (The Capture), 01:01. Middle Passage (Slaveship Crossing), 01:14. Roots Mural Theme Intro (Slave Auction), 00:15. Jumpin' de Broom (Marriage Ceremony) [feat.

Roots: The Saga of an American Family. Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a novel written by Alex Haley and first published in 1976. It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, transported to North America; following his life and the lives of his descendants in the United States down to Haley. No one has said anything yet. Contributions By. ounk.

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Africa (The Motherland)
A1 Motherland
Bata [Featuring] – Bill SummersWritten-By – Q. Jones*
A2 Roots Mural Theme
Orchestra – The Quincy Jones Orchestra*Written-By – G. Fried*
A3 Main Title: Mama Aifambeni (Premiere Episode)
Bata [Bata Drum Ensemble, Featuring] – Bill SummersChoir [Featuring] – The WattslineFeaturing – Caiphus SemenyaVocals [Featuring] – Letta MbuluWritten-By – C. Semenya*, Q. Jones*
A4 Behold, The Only Thing Greater Than Yourself (Birth)
Vocals [Vocal & Chant, Featuring] – Letta MbuluWritten-By – C. Semenya*, Q. Jones*
A5 Oluwa (Many Rains Ago) (African Theme)
Choir [Featuring] – The Wattsline Choir*Vocals [Featuring] – Letta MbuluWritten-By – C. Semenya*, Q. Jones*
A6 Boyhood To Manhood
Percussion [Featuring] – Bill SummersVocals [Solo] – Zak DioufWritten-By – B. Summers*, Q. Jones*, Z. Diouf*
A7 The Toubob Is Here! (The Capture)
Written-By – Q. Jones*
A8 Middle Passage (Slaveship Crossing)
Vocals [Solo On Sea Shanty] – Alex HassilevVocals [Toubob Chant] – The WattslineWritten-By – Q. Jones*
A9 You In Americuh' Now, African
Featuring – Lou GossettOrchestra [Featuring] – Quincy Jones Orchestra*Written-By – G. Fried*, Q. Jones*
America (The Promised Land)
B1 Roots Mural Theme Intro (Slave Auction)
Orchestra [Featuring] – The Quincy Jones Orchestra & Auctioneers*Written-By – G. Fried*
B2 Ole Fiddler
Adapted By – Lou Gossett, Q. Jones*Voice Actor [Dialogue], Vocals [Featuring] – Lou Gossett
B3 Jumpin' De Broom (Marriage Ceremony)
Fiddle [Hoedown Solo, Featuring] – Bobby BruceWritten-By – B. Bruce*, Q. Jones*
B4 What Can I Do? (Hush, Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name)
Adapted By – Q. Jones*, J. Cleveland*Choir [Featuring] – The Wattsline Choir*Organ, Piano [Featuring] – Richard TeeVocals [Featuring] – Charles May, Mortonette Jenkins
B5 Roots Mural Theme Bridge (Plantation Life)
Orchestra – The Quincy Jones Orchestra*Voice Actor [Vagon Dialogue] – Stan HazeWritten-By – G. Fried*
B6 Oh Lord, Come By Here
Adapted By – Q. Jones*, J. Cleveland*Choir [Featuring] – The Wattsline Choir*Conductor [Featuring] – Reverend James Cleveland*Organ [Featuring] – Richard Tee
B7 Free At Last? (The Civil War)
Orchestra [Featuring] – The Quincy Jones Orchestra*Voice Actor [Dialogue, Featuring] – Lou GossettWritten-By – Q. Jones*
B8 Many Rains Ago (Oluwa) (African Theme: English Version)
Choir – The Quincy Jones Orchestra*Orchestra – The Wattsline Choir*Vocals [Solo, Featuring] – Letta MbuluWritten-By – C. Semenya*, Q. Jones*

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records
  • Copyright (c) – A&M Records
  • Manufactured By – Universal Music Enterprises
  • Distributed By – Varèse Sarabande

Credits

  • Acoustic Bass – Arni Egillson*, Milt Kestenbaum*
  • Arranged By – Bill Summers, Caiphus Semenya, Dave Grusin, Herb Spencer*, John Mandel*, Quincy Jones, Reverend James Cleveland*, Dick Hazard*, Tommy Bahler*
  • Artwork [Album Design] – Chuck Beeson
  • Artwork [Art Direction] – Roland Young
  • Artwork [Roots Logo Typography Design] – Al Nagy
  • Banjo – Alton Hendrickson*
  • Cello – Jeff Solow*, Jesse Erlich*, Paul Bergstrom, Ronnie Cooper*
  • Composed By – Gerald Fried (tracks: A2, A9, B1, B5)
  • Concept By [Conceived By], Producer, Conductor – Quincy Jones
  • Conductor [Choir] – Tommy Bahler* (tracks: A5, B8)
  • Conductor [The Wattsline Choir] – Reverend James Cleveland*
  • Electric Bass – Chuck Rainey, Ed Reddick
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Chuck Trammell, Steve "Deacon Dolby" Katz*
  • Engineer, Remix – Norm Kinney
  • French Horn – Alan Robinson, David Duke, James Decker
  • Guitar – David T. Walker, Lee Ritenour
  • Harp – Catherine Gotthoffer, Dorothy Remsen
  • Keyboards – Dave Grusin, Ian Underwood, Mike Boddicker*, Pete Jolly, Richard Tee
  • Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
  • Percussion – Bill Summers, Bobbye Hall, Caiphus Semenya, Emil Richards, King Errison*, Milt Holland, Paul Bryant , Shelly Manne, Tommy Vig, Victor Feldman, Zak Diouf
  • Performer – Bill Summers, Caiphus Semenya, Letta Mbulu, Lou Gossett, Quincy Jones Orchestra*, The Wattsline Choir*
  • Photography By [Back Cover] – Bruce Talamon
  • Trombone – Bill Watrous, Dick Nash, Maurice Spear*
  • Trumpet – Bobby Bryant, Buddy Childers, John Audino
  • Tuba – Tommy Johnson
  • Viola – Alex Nieman, Marilyn Baker, Bob Ostrowsky*, Rollis Dale*
  • Violin – Bobby Bruce, Erno Neufeld, Gerald Vinci, Harry Bluestone, Irv Katz, Janice Gower, John Santulis, Joseph Livoti, Joe Stepansky*, Ralph Shaeffer*, Bob Sushell*, Sheldon Sanov, Bill Nuttycomb*
  • Vocals – Alexandra Brown*, Caiphus Semenya, Deborah Tibbs, Jim Gilstrap, John Lehman, Linda Evans, Paulette McWilliams, Reverend James Cleveland*, Stephanie Spruill
  • Vocals [Featured Soloist] – Letta Mbulu
  • Vocals [The Wattsline Choir] – Charles May, David Pridgen, Mortonette Jenkins, Rodney Armstrong, Sherwood Sledge
  • Woodwind – Ernie Watts, Jerome Richardson, Ted Nash, Terry Harrington, Bill Green*

Notes

Limited to 1000 copies.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 030206742510

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SP-4626 Quincy Jones Roots (The Saga Of An American Family) ‎(LP, Album) A&M Records SP-4626 US 1977
SP-4626 Quincy Jones Roots (The Saga Of An American Family) ‎(LP, Album) A&M Records SP-4626 US 1977
SP-4626 Quincy Jones Roots: The Saga Of An American Family ‎(LP, Album, Promo) A&M Records SP-4626 US 1977
SLAM 64626 Quincy Jones Roots: The Saga Of An American Family ‎(LP, Album) A&M Records SLAM 64626 Italy 1977
POCM 1955 Quincy Jones Roots (The Saga Of An American Family) ‎(CD, Album) A&M Records POCM 1955 Japan 1996

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