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Walking in Space

Walking in Space
Studio album by Quincy Jones
Released	1969
Recorded	June 18–19, 1969
Genre	Jazz lounge[1]
Length	35:06
Label	A&M/CTI
Producer	Creed Taylor
Quincy Jones chronology
The Lost Man (1969) Walking in Space (1969) Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)

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Allmusic	[2]

Walking in Space is a 1969 studio albumbyQuincy Jones.^[3] The album was recorded for A&M who released the album with a cover photo of Jones taken by Pete Turner. Vocalist Valerie Simpson is featured on the title track, an arrangement of a song from the hit rock musical Hair. "Dead End" is also from Hair and "Killer Joe" features Ray Brown on bass and Grady Tate on drums.

Track listing[edit]

1. "Dead End" (Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni) – 4:05
2. "Walking in Space" (MacDermot, Rado, Ragni) – 12:06 as Hair (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
3. "Killer Joe" (Benny Golson) – 5:12
4. "Love and Peace" (Arthur Adams) – 5:48
5. "I Never Told You" (Arthur Hamilton, Johnny Mandel) – 4:18
6. "Oh Happy Day" (Edwin Hawkins) – 3:37

Personnel[edit]

• 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
• Chuck Rainey - bass on "Love and Peace"
• Bob James - electric piano
• Hubert Laws - flute, tenor sax
• Toots Thielemans - guitar, harmonica
• Bernard Purdie - drums
• Hilda Harris - vocals
• Marilyn Jackson - vocals
• Valerie Simpson - vocal solo on "Walking in Space"
• Maretha Stewart - vocals

Technical

• Pete Turner - photography

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