Jones, Quincy - Walking In Space Lyrics

Wow the bass trombone in the beginning is just BRILLIANT !!!

ten minutes of aural delight.

I heard this song on a jazz station recently. Always loved it but I never knew it was Quincy Jones. Quincy is a genius!

Quincy Johes great at spotting and nuturing talent. Great composer/ producer/ arranger.

Just the best..

i heard this in a car coming over the bridge last night back into manhattan after a long sunday -- was nearly nearly perfect

Futuristic Classic...Quincy uses old school rules in LAYERING music...pay attention...all his songs create moods from the layering......and timing of putting it all on top of each other ...and ALWAYS WITH A BADASS VOCALIST....KNOW THIS .....think about it...Patti Austin ..Barry White ...Val.... James Ingram....yes...then the musicians....WHAT A LIFE QUINCY

Yeah man ..who's playing ???

50 years ago, 1969! One of the greatest Jazz songs and albums EVER!
A truly legendary lineup of master musicians.
Quincy Jones - conductor, arranger
Freddie Hubbard, Lloyd Michaels, Dick Williams, John Frosk, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young – trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson, Alan Raph, Tony Studd, Norman Pride, Kai Winding – trombone
Joel Kaye, Roland Kirk, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson – reeds

Paul Griffin - piano
Eric Gale - electric guitar
Ray Brown - double bass
Grady Tate - drums

Definately a genious

I loved listening to this on my walkman romping through the south of France, when I was contemplating joining the Legion back when I was in my early twenties.

This Back In The Time When Young People... Young People... In Their Late Teens... Early 20s... LOVED JAZZ... Like This!!!

I still have my original vinyl of the album. Just to look at it. And plenty of CD's. Sounds a great today as it did when It first came out. One of my all time favorites!

This just takes me back when my brother (RIP) would play this on his stereo.69 y’all!!!!!

"Walking In Space" is truly space age!!

It's almost like I was in a real classroom with him teaching me. My musical arrangements are based on listening to this dude...Love him

I bought this album when I was sixteen years and still can't get enough of it.

Wow! Quincy Jones is a living legend! Serious music!

Probably not a coincidence this album dropped the same year as the Apollo Moon landing. But that's "Q". Always at the fore front of what's happening now. A few people mentioned "Smooth Jazz". Even though the sound is "Smooth" this was decades before the term became a thing. Way before PC's, cellphones and sampling. True, raw talent, creativity and imagination honed to a delightful presentation that is simply soothing to the ears. Go Head Quincy!

Thanks for this upload. Never heard this version. Love this song.

A great jazz album by Quincy, with some of the all-time great musicians.

NICE MUSIC TO LISTEN AT NIGHT TIME

ON A. AND. M. RECORDS 1969

RELAXING

SMOOTH JAZZ

IRAM RUIZ GONZALEZ

BRONX NEW YORK CITY

BETTER THAN RAP MUSIC

THEY DON'T MAKE MUSIC LIKE THIS ANYMORE

You are sooo right...it seems like musicians are digressing instead of progressing into more genius pathways of music. We can be thankful for all the great Jazz musicians such as QJ...and many others of the past.

LOVE THAT MUSIC

WALKING IN SPACE 1969

QUINCY JONES 1969

ASHFORD AND SIMPSON 1969

BEST MUSIC EVER

BRINGS BACK MEMORIES

TIMELESS

CLASSIC

What a cut!!!!!!This joint kicks much ass!!!!

Good God, this is one of my favorite jazz tracks ever. What an ensemble performance and the improvisations are insane.

Love this song, sounds like it could have been in one of those James Bond movies with Sean Connorey! What a great sound!

Kevin Dallas it’s from the broadway musical Hair 1968

I got this album back in 72 when at Stanford and the first time I played this on my Ampex, far f...ing out! Then the song Killer Joe hit the groves! I got some Dago Red and just got lost in space.

One of the great album covers. Q’s ‘fro looking fabulous. Pete Turner did so many awesome LP covers.

Who's the drummer on this track I love it.

Grady Tate. He kicks everyone in and out as if he knew what they were about to play. The Freddie Hubbard kick-in is a classic.

This is my song of the day!

Now this is truly Quincy Delight Jones at his very best. I am now 60 years old but can clearly remember hearing this as a 12 year old. I remain truly amazed by the genius of this musical production.

Same age same story he's the man of the music, the man behind music a music maestro I'm proud to say that kinda talent came outta my home town of Chicago

Awesomeness still strong atmospheric year after graduation high school now 67 it's still...Awesome 2018

I was 12 years old in 1969 when my older sister bought this, oh my, just loved it, still do!

Fabulous LP by Quincy. It's hard to believe he also produced Lesley Gore's It's My Party but that too was  a brilliant record albeit pop.

While it's recorded on A&M records, when you look at the personnel and listen to the production, this may well have been CTI before Creed Taylor recruited Bob James, Eric Gale and the crew. Maybe Q gave him the idea. Love this album!

I have this vinyl; it's one of the early ones I purchased years ago... wise choice, Indeed

This sounds like summer: barbeque, soft twilit evenings of falling stars...

By far and without question Quincy Jones is the absolute best.,the greatest music man this planet has ever seen, and will ever know! Larry Mash gangster from queens NewYork.

A truly wonderful album! Quincy is a visionary. He was far ahead of his time.

Valerie Simpson on vocals

ALL class!! Q's such a living legend. Treble and bass notes and all manner of instruments are his very blood!

Thx for upload :)

Yes…Yes…One of my favorites to now… ☮🔥

This is a baaaaadd song!!!

That's got mojo, baby!!

I was driving for Lyft for 9 hours on Saturday and when I got home, this song came on the radio. I was too tired to get out of the car, but his jam made me want to stay in the car!!

SMOOTH JAZZ

RELAXING

GOOD SLOW SONG

ASHFORD AND SIMPSON

A. AND. M. RECORDS

amazingly cool.

Grady Tate is prodigious.

Don't forget Ray Brown on Bass. Massive part of this tune..

AND don't forget....Mr. Brown is playing the ELECTRIC Bass!!!!!  On EVERY TUNE(except of course "Killer Joe")

The bass god WALKED among us.

Need to get the ear down for the bass. The driver.

Valetie Simpson on vocals. She's still at the Sugar Bar in NYC every Thursday night which is open mike night, mostly of course in the r@b genre. Her and ger late husband Nick wrote "Im every woman" "Aint no mountain high enough" plus many more. Also had a hit w Nick doing "Solid as a Rock" in the late eighties. A true legend

SMOOTH JAZZ

RELAXING

QUINCY JONES

Bourgie Bourgie

@Iram Ruiz YESSS...REAL JAZZ..RIGHT NOW

For all you Rahsaan Roland Kirk lovers, as much as you love this, which I do, check out his solo on Mingus at Carnegie Hall. The track is Duke's C Jam Blues. One of the best sax solos ever. He follows George Adams in this cutting session. George's solo was incredible.....but Mr. Kirk blew him away. I was sitting third row center at Carnegie Hall....he got a 10 minute standing ovation!!!

"If I Loved You", from his "Bright Moments" will knock you out!

Rahsaan Roland Kirk is the tenor soloist. Incredible!

Hypnotic !     Great solos...That Sax gets me crazed !!   LOL

FAAAACK!

Who is the singer?

+Mekratrig Valerie Simpson.

+Michael McBride, Its not Valerie Simpson singing lead, its Maretha Stewart if the Wiki page is correct.

That wiki page is confusing. In the description of the album, Valerie Simpson is credited with lead vocals on this track, but under the personnel section, Maretha Stewart is credited with the lead vocals. It is Valerie Simpson though, listen and you can tell it is her.

Always a joy to listen to.

Happy Pi Day Birthday Quincy...
You had the math down...

Too good

got this on wax twice.

One of my favorites!

Wally of 'Wally World' turned me on to this LP when he was teaching me bass... some best bass!

Classic. Reminds me of a certain summer.

Wow, I totally forgot about this recording and when I saw the album cover it was an instant flashback: I had this album! Thanks for uploading it.

I listen to this Lp at the age of 5 years old and still love it.

..this was.my first big band/jazz album purchased...still have the wrapping on it...$3.99.......this was the track that got me hooked on quincy's genius....

Yes indeed.

'had gone through a similar experience per the find of cal tjaeder's: solar heat..the experience happened in the 80's..the find of the album..'used to stand up in my crib dancing to: felicidade:)

gosh, I wish my right speaker worked :P

(not as much as I wish my record player didn't break down - I have this actual damn LP!)

thats grady tate on drums

Marten R.I.P. Grady Tate. What a huge number of great records he was on.

Great Post. I am glad to comment, I know the feeling.

Back in the 60's this album was sitting right next to the Velet Underground disc in my collection (alphabetical order), but was played way more.

Grandiozo. The best jazz.

Ultimate lounge lizard tune: home from work, relaxing in easy chair, gin and tonic on the rocks. . . life is good!!

@RockAndFunk lol thanks

So smooth!! I like it!!

veron films was here

whos on drums and is that roland kirk tenor solo

So is this the original?

much thanks for the extended version-
In my opinion, "Q" at his best-