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THIS BEST WAY FOR ME TO INTRODUCE GEORGE DUKE IS TO JUST GO BACK AND RECALL HOW I WAS INTRODUCED TO HIS MUSIC. AND WITH THAT MY MOST MEMORABLE MEMORY IS WHEN I HEARD THIS FUNKY ASS SONG ON THE RADIO CALLED ‘REACH FOR IT, RELEASED IN 1977. FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, GROWING UP IN WINSTON-SALEM, NC, I MAY HAVE HEARD THIS SONG ON RADIO STATION WQMG, WHICH WAS THE RADIO STATION LOCATED NEARBY IN GREENSBORO, NC. OR MAYBE IT WAS ONE OF THE ALBUMS THAT MY COUSIN BOBBY MAY HAVE LET MY DAD BORROW BACK IN 1978 OR SO. ‘REACH FOR IT’ AND ‘DON’T LET GO’ WERE RELEASED DURING A TIME OF INCREDIBLE MUSIC EXPERIMENTATION AND EXPLORATION, THE PHASE OF JAZZ-FUSION MUSIC BEING CREATED ALL DURING THE 1970’S. BUT ONE THING FOR SURE IS THAT WHEN GEORGE DUKE RELEASED WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED HIS BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM, AN ALBUM THAT WOULD COME ALONG AT THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DECADE WHICH WOULD BRING WHAT’S CONSIDERED ALSO A NEW EXCITING GENRE CALLED ‘SMOOTH JAZZ’, ‘A BRAZILIAN LOVE AFFAIR’ IN WAS RELEASED IN 1980. THIS LP FEATURED SEVERAL EXCEPTIONAL, WORLD CLASS BRAZILIAN MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS, SOME OF WHO WERE KNOWN AND RESPECTED IN AMERICAN JAZZ (AND SOME, R&B) MUSIC. FROM THERE, IN 1981, GEORGE DUKE THEN COLLABORATED AGAIN, WITH ONE OF JAZZ MUSIC’S GREATEST MUSICIANS, STANLEY CLARKE, AND THEY RELEASED THE AMAZING ‘THE CLARKE/DUKE’ PROJECT, A TOP SELLING ALBUM FOR BOTH ARTISTS IN EVERY WAY. IT YIELDED THE TOP 20 SINGLE “SWEET BABY” AS THAT SONG APPEARED ON BOTH THE POP & R&B SINGLES CHARTS, AS THE SONG PEAKED AT #6 ON THE BILLBOARD R&B CHART. THIS GREAT MAN, THIS GREAT ARTIST PASSED AWAY AND WENT ON TO GLORY IN AUGUST, 2013 BUT FOR ME THE ABSOLUTE LEGACY OF HIS ARTISTRY, HIS BODY OF WORK AND CONTRIBUTION TO NOT ONLY JAZZ, JAZZ FUSION BUT ALSO AS A PRODUCER OF SOME OF THE BEST R&B MUSIC OF THE 80’S AND 90’S, IS A FURTHER CERTIFICATION OF HOW GEORGE DUKE BECAME ONE OF MY FAVORITE MUSICAL ARTISTS AND AN ARTIST WHO’LL ALWAYS BE - A BLAZE STREET MUSICAL LEGEND!

1. NO RHYME, NO REASON (1992) - FROM THE SNAPSHOT RELEASE, FEATURING A BACKGROUND RIFF FROM THEN NEWCOMER NAMED RACHELLE FERRELL
2. WAITING - RACHELLE FERRELL (1992) from FERRELL’S SELF-TITLED DEBUT LP ‘RACHELLE FERRELL’ WHICH FEATURED PRODUCTION FROM GEORGE DUKE
3. JUST FOR YOU (1977) - FROM REACH FOR IT
4. SWEET BABY (1981) - FROM THE CLARKE-DUKE PROJECT
5. OOH BABY (1992) - FROM SNAPSHOT
6. STARTING AGAIN (1978) - FROM DON’T LET GO
7. REACH FOR IT (1977) - FROM REACH FOR IT
8. SAY THAT YOU WILL (1979) - FROM FOLLOW THE RAINBOW
9. 6 O’CLOCK (1992) - FROM SNAPSHOT
10. SAY HELLO (1989) - FROM NIGHT AFTER NIGHT
11. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE IN MY LIFE (1989) - FROM NIGHT AFTER NIGHT
12. DUKEY STICK (1978) - FROM DON’T LET GO
13. SAME OLE LOVE (1989) - FROM NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, (A RENDITION OF ANITA BAKER’S HIT SONG
14. SEARCHIN MY MIND (1997) - FROM REACH FOR IT
15. THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE (2006) - A TRACK BY BONEY JAMES FEATURING GEORGE DUKE FROM THE ‘SHINE’ RELEASE
16. SUPERWOMAN (2005) - FROM THE LP TITLED ‘DUKE’
17. RESCUE ME (1980) - FROM THE LP, ‘TWICE AS SWEET’, THIS PRODUCED BY GEORGE DUKE
18. BRAZILIAN LOVE AFFAIR (1980) - FROM THE LP OF THE SAME NAME

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This mix is for entertainment purposes only. I do not have copyright over any of this material. All songs are owned by their respective labels, songwriters and producers. As I’m playing these songs I will announce the artists and at times, the labels and producers. All the music that I play on this podcast can be purchased online at such music sellers as Beatport, Traxsource, you can also purchase this music at Apple music (some selections are limited) and there are many other means and ways to get this music. I’m a professional DJ who purchases ALL OF THE MUSIC I play and - this podcast is totally funded by me, I dont get any money from the online platforms who play this podcast.

WELL THIS IS THE FIRST PODCAST I’M DOING UNDER THIS BANNER. WHY? BECAUSE I LOVE HOUSE MUSIC, IT’S JUST THAT SIMPLE. AND LIVING HERE IN HAWAII, I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A LOT OF PLACES THAT JUST LOVE AND EMBRACE HOUSE MUSIC AS I DO. WHILE I DO HAVE QUITE A FEW DJ FRIENDS WHO REALLY LOVE TO SPIN HOUSE MUSIC JUST AS I DO, THERE ARE NOT MANY CLUBS HERE WHO CATER TO OUR LOVE OF THIS MUSIC. SO MANY OF US RELEASE OUR OWN MIXES EITHER VIA YOU TUBE, MIXCLOUD, OR AS I DO, WHICH IS ON MY PODCAST. I’VE BEEN REALLY INVESTED INTO HOUSE MUSIC AS A GENRE AND MUSIC STYLE SINCE 1997 AND FOR ME, SINCE THEN, IT’S BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE. I ALSO WANT TO SALUTE MY HOUSE MUSIC HEROES AND I HAVE LOTS OF THEM, TRUSS AND BELIEVE, I’VE GOT LOTS OF THEM. SO AS I PROGRESS IN THIS PODCAST, IM GOING TO BE SHOWCASING NOT ONLY THE MUSIC OF HOUSE - IT’S STYLES, ITS HISTORY, ITS CULTURE, IM GOING TO BE SALUTING AND GIVING FLOWERS TO MY HOUSE HEROES WHO HAVE REALLY TOUCHED ME AND HELPED ME TO GET WHERE I AM, NOT ONLY AS A DJ, BUT AS A LOVER, A TRUE LOVER, OF HOUSE MUSIC. THIS IS EPISODE VOLUME 1 OF MY BRAND NEW SERIES WHERE I’M SALUTING HOUSE MUSIC, AND IT’S CALLED -

THE BEST HOUSE MUSIC UVE EVA HEARD! MY SALUTE TO HOUSE MUSIC. PLEASE STAY TUNED AND CHECK ME OUT EVERY OTHER WEEK AS I GIVE HOUSE MUSIC THE FLOWERS IT TRULY AND RICHLY DESERVES!

GOTTA KEEP IT GOING (ORIG. MIX)SAKHILE, SK

RATHER DIE (ORIG. MIX)D. GENERAL, MALANKANE

HEAVENLY (KARIZMA RMX)DJ SPEN PRES. DANA WEAVER

STOMPORLAM, SOULBEE, VENDER CAFE

CHOOSE YOUNICK HOLDER

SUNRISE IN THE MORNING (ORIG. MIX)K.G. SUNSET

PARADISCO (N.W.N. RMX)KANE REYNA, N.W.N.

BACK TO THE OLDDARIO D’ATTIS, MR. V

FEEL THAT (FRANCK ROGER RMX)RISK ASSESSMENT, KE, FRANCK ROGER

DO ME RIGHT

(CRACKAZAT MANA’S DUB)BEN WESTBEECH, RAHH, CRACKAZAT, DAMES BROWN

JUST A MAN (SEBB JUNIOR RMX)ZAV, SEBB JUNIOR

MY BODY (MOSCAT RMX)FRANK AMODO, MOSCAT

ONLY YOU

(SEAN’S DAY & NITE DUB) SEAN MCCABE, JILL ROCK JONES

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IN THIS EPISODE, I’LL BE DOING SEVERAL THINGS. FIRSTLY, SHARING THE MUSIC OF TWO GREAT MUSICIANS AND ICONS - GEORGE DUKE AND JOE SAMPLE. WOW. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. YES I’LL BE PLAYING MUSIC FROM JOE SAMPLE & GEORGE DUKE. THIS EPISODE IS MY DEDICATION TO THE #9 ENTRY INTO MY TOP 50 LISTING - I’LL BE FEATURING SEVERAL SONGS, MY FAVES FROM JOE SAMPLE’S 1989 RELEASE CALLED “SPELLBOUND” I’LL ALSO BE GIVING YOU A FEW SONGS FROM JOE SAMPLE WHEN HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE JAZZ GROUP, THE CRUSADERS, ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE JAZZ-SOUL GROUPS FROM THE 70’S AND 80’S. AND LASTLY I’LL BE GIVING YOU SOME SONGS FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE, FAVORITE ALL TIME GREATS, MR GEORGE DUKE. NOW WHAT I’M DOING WITH GEORGE DUKE IS SOMETHING UNIQUE AND INTERESTING. IM PLAYING GEORGE DUKE AND JOE SAMPLE BECAUSE IT WAS DUKE WHO PRODUCED SAMPLE’S 1997 LP TITLED ‘SAMPLE THIS.’ WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL IS, ALL THE SONGS ON ‘SAMPLE THIS’, WERE SONGS THAT JOE SAMPLE HAD PREVIOUSLY RECORDED. SO WHAT DID GEORGE DUKE AND SAMPLE DO? THEY GOT AN ALL-STAR ROSTER OF MUSICIANS AND THEY RE-DID THE SONGS, HENCE THE TITLE, ‘SAMPLE THIS’. IN MY OPINION, THIS ALBUM IS ONE OF THE BEST THAT BOTH DUKE AND SAMPLE EVER DID, BECAUSE EACH MUSICIAN IS A KEYBOARDIST/PIANIST, AND BOTH OF THEIR CHOPS AS MUSICIANS ARE EXTRAORDINARY.

BLAZE STREET MUSIC - MUSIC OF A LIFETIME, EPISODE #44, IM FEATURING ENTRY #9 ON MY LIST OF THE 50TH GREATEST RECORDS AND ALBUMS OF A LIFETIME - THE MUSIC OF JOE SAMPLE, LET'S GO!

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FLY ON THE WINGS OF LOVE - ‘SAMPLE THIS’, 1997. PRODUCED BY GEORGE DUKE

IN ALL MY WILDEST DREAMS - SAMPLE THIS’, 1997. PRODUCED BY GEORGE DUKE

MYSTERY EYES - ‘NIGHT AFTER NIGHT’, 1989, PRODUCED BY GEORGE DUKE

SAY HELLO - ‘NIGHT AFTER NIGHT’, 1989, PRODUCED BY GEORGE DUKE

KEEP THAT SAME OLE FEELING - THE CRUSADERS, 1976. ‘THE SOUTHERN KNIGHTS’

STREET LIFE FEAT RANDY CRAWFORD - THE CRUSADERS, 1979. ‘STREET LIFE’

NIGHT FLIGHT - ‘SAMPLE THIS’, 1997. PRODUCED BY GEORGE DUKE

MELODIES OF LOVE - ‘SAMPLE THIS’. 1997. PRODUCED BY GEORGE DUKE

ALL OF THESE SONGS ARE FROM 1989’S SPELLBOUND LP, WHICH WAS PRODUCED BY TOMMY LIPUMA

SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK

U TURN

SERMONIZED

LUNA EN NEW YORK

SOMEHOW OUR LOVE SURVIVES

SPELLBOUND

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Been doing a lot of digging for some dope ass drum & bass lately and I found some, went to Beatport and Juno (a great site from the UK!) and found me some gems. No header, no intro, no theme music this music in and just on the decks, enjoy!!

I FOUND LOVE (FALSE ANGEL’S BROKEN EDIT)- INSPIRED SOULS

JONES (ORIGINAL MIX)- CHIMPO, SI8R

WHAT YOU WON’T DO FOR LOVE- L-SIDE/MAKOTO/FRANK H. CARTER, III

LA LUNA- NASZ

IN MY MIND (BREAK’S DUBBED OUT MIX)- LENZMAN/BREAK FEAT IAMDDB

MY DARLIN BABY- RANDOM MOVEMENT, ADRIENNE RICHARDS

JUST ONE SECOND (APHEX REMIX)- LONDON ELEKTRICITY

ELEKTRIFY (FEAT VONNE)- LONDON ELEKTRICITY/DJ MARKY/MAKOTO FEAT VONNE

LOVE LETTER- MAKOTO, ADRIENNE RICHARDS

NO MATTER - BLUEMODE

WALKIN JAZZ- MOTIV

PRODUCT OF ME- KENJI & ALEX SLK

THROUGH MY EYES- ADRIENNE RICHARDS, DJ STUNNA

ONE MORE TIME- POLARIS (CA)

FIESTA EN LA PLAYA- CARLITO

PROMISED LAND- MC CONRAD/DJ MARKY/MAKOTO feat AQUARIID

WHAT A TING (L-SIDE REMIX)- THINK TONK

DON’T YOU KNOW- CARLITO

LOVE LETTER- MAKOTO, ADRIENNE RICHARDS

PROMISED LAND- MC CONRAD/DJ MARKY/MAKOTO feat AQUARIID

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DISCO LIGHTSDEXTER WANSEL

HELP ME LOSE MY MIND (FEAT LONDON GRAMMAR) DISCLOSURE

LAST NIGHT CHANGED IT ALL ESTHER WILLIAMS

LETS HAVE SOME FUNTHE BAR-KAYS

ENCORECHERYL LYNN

SEVEN MINUTES OF FUNKWHOLE DARN FAMILY

I NEED YOUR LOVINGTEENA MARIE

IF I CANT HAVE YOU (REMIX) YVONNE ELLIMAN

UPSIDE DOWN (REMIX). DIANA ROSS

BLACK CURTAINSLUXXURY

THE SPIRITTHE GROOVERS

STELLA (JOEY NEGRO JAZZ RIDE). NORMAN CONNORS

MOVE BACKSOUTH WEST SEVEN

TROY’S 2ND COUSIN (KENNY SUMMITS NATIVE TONGUES MIX) CHAKA KENN, KENNY SUMMIT

CHASING ENYON, RUTH MCFARLAND

FLYING DAWN TALLMAN, JOSH MILAN

HEAVENLY (THE REFLEX REVISION), LEROY BURGESS, THE REFLEX

THE FINESTS.O.S. BAND

MAYBE IN MAY (REEL PEOPLE REMIX). MOUSSE T. FEAT SHARON PHILLIPS

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THIS PODCAST SPOTLIGHTS THE MUSIC OF STEELY DAN, AND SPECIFICALLY, THE ALBUM THAT’S #10 ON MY LIST OF THE 50 GREATEST ALBUMS AND RECORDS OF MY LIFETIME. ITS HARD FOR ME TO PIN POINT EXACTLY WHEN I “HEARD” THE FIRST STEELY DAN SONG BUT I CAN SAY FOR SURE THAT WHENEVER IT WAS…IT WAS WHEN I HEARD “RIKKI DONT LOSE THAT NUMBER”, AND FROM THERE I BECAME A FAN. I JUST KEPT LISTENING TO THEM. I WOULD HEAR SONGS LIKE “DO IT AGAIN”, UH, “PLEASE DON’T TAKE ME ALIVE” …ON THE RADIO. BUT IN 1978, I’M A JUST A SHORTY IN HIGH SCHOOL AND AS ALWAYS IM LISTENING TO THE RADIO ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, THE DJ FROM WQMG PLAYS A SONG. AND THE NAME OF THE SONG IS ‘AJA’. THE SONG BEGINS WITH A SIMPLE CHORD CHANGE THAT’S ACCOMPANIED BY A SLOW, LAZY, DREAMY KEY JINGLE AND FROM THERE IT TRANSFORMS INTO ONE OF THE MOST…ROLLER COASTER-EQUSE, BEAUTIFUL, MESEMERIZING SONGS EVER MADE, HELD STRONG AND TIGHT WITH THE DRUM TRACK FROM THE LEGENDARY STEVE GADD. ONCE I HEARD THAT SONG THEN, I COULDN’T WAIT TO HEAR IT AGAIN. DURING THAT TIME, MY DAD BORROWED SOME RECORDS FROM HIS NEPHEW, MY COUSIN, BOBBY. COUSIN BOBBY (WHO’S NOW KNOWN AS ‘YISHAI’) WAS A COOL ASS MUSIC FAN AND HE HAD LOTS OF GREAT JAZZ FUSION, ALONG WITH SOME ROCK AND FUNK. AJA WAS ONE OF THE ALBUMS AND LET ME TELL YOU THAT I LISTENED TO THAT ALBUM MAYBE 100,000 TIMES DURING THAT PERIOD WHEN DAD HAD THOSE RECORDS. AND THAT’S WHY IM A HUGE STEELY DAN FAN AND AN ABSOLUTE FAN OF AJA. SO WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, THE MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ARTIST THAT HOLDS THE #10 SPOT ON MY LIST OF THE 50TH GREATEST ALBUMS AND RECORDS OF MY LIFETIME, MY TRIBUTE TO STEELY DAN AND ‘AJA’

“DO IT AGAIN - 1972, CAN’T BUY A THRILL

“NIGHT BY NIGHT” - 1974, PRETZEL LOGIC

“RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER” - 1974, PRETZEL LOGIC

“DON’T TAKE ME ALIVE” - 1976, THE ROYAL SCAM

“THE CAVES OF ALTIMARA” - 1976, THE ROYAL SCAM

“HOME AT LAST” - 1977, AJA

“DEACON BLUES” - 1977, AJA

“BLACK COW” - 1977, AJA

“PEG” - 1977, AJA

“AJA” - 1977, AJA

“BABYLON SISTERS” - GAUCHO, 1980

“GAUCHO” - 1980.

“I.G.Y.” - 1982, DONALD FAGEN’S FIRST SOLO RELEASE.

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EPISODE #42 -BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS - 4TH LOVE OF HOUSE & SOUL_CLASSIC HOUSE MIX 2025 - VOL.1

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025! I pray that you will be blessed with all the graces, blessings, and prosperity for the new year. I thank Almighty God Jehovah and my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to for blessings to be here and share music with you for this beginning of the New Year. Here’s my first of many House music mixes that I plan to bring to you in 2025, I curated some of the classic House music from my collection, music from the 90’s and early 2000’s, I hope you enjoy it! PEACE!

1. SOAKING WET (REMIX) -GROOVE CITY
2. JOY (KERRI’S KAOZ GONE INSANE) - JANET RUSHMORE, KERRI CHANDLER
3. I GOT YOUR LUV (CLUB MIX) - UNITY VIBE, TYQUASHIA
4. COMEBACK (ORIG VS. ZIPPY 12” VOCAL MIX) - GROOVE COMMITTEE FEAT. DONNA MONTGOMERY
5. IS IT GOOD TO YOU? - JERZZEY BOY
6. DANCE TO THE HOUSE - NEUROSTATE
7. THE LOFT GROOVE (THE CONGA VIBE MIX) - ROGER S
8. IN LIFE - JASON AJ SUMMERS
9. 4 THA LUV OF YOU (SMACK CLASSIC VOCAL MIX) - ALEXANDER HOPE & DE’LACY, SMACK PRODS.
10. WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME? - BACK TO THE RHYTHM, ALVA MCGILL
11. SHARDE - THE VISION
12. LOVE DON’T LIVE (THE SOULFURIC DUB MIX) - URBAN BLUES PROJECT, MICHAEL PROCTER
13. WHAT WILL WE DO? - KERRI CHANDLER, GRANPA
14. SATURDAYS (SATURDAY NITE MIX) - ALEXANDER HOPE, BLAZE
15. I WANNA HOLD YOU - GROOVE COMMITTEE
16. THE PARTY (JUMP UP IN THE AIR) - TODD TERRY PRESENTS THE RAID
17. LOVE’S GONNA BRING YOU HOME (ERIC KUPPER REMIX) - THE ROCKMELONS, DOUG WILLIAMS, ERIC KUPPER

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MUSIC OF A LIFETIME EPISODE #41 - THE FOREVERLASTING LEGACY OF THE MUSIC OF QUINCY DELITE JONES, JR (14 March, 1933 - 3 Nov, 2024), PART TW0

ALOHA FRIENDS. BACK ON 9 NOV 2024, I DID PART ONE OF MY FOREVER LEGACY SALUTE TO THE LATE GREAT QUINCY JONES, WHO PASSED ON NOV 3RD. IN THAT EPISODE I FOCUSED ON THOSE SONGS THAT I FEEL FOR ME, ARE MY FAVORITE SONGS. WHICH AS IT TURNED OUT, THESE SONGS WERE MOSTLY SONGS THAT WERE RELEASED IN ALBUMS OR LP’S THAT TITLED UNDER THE NAME, ‘QUINCY JONES’.

IN THIS EPISODE, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE MUSIC OF SOME OF MY FAVORITE SONGS THAT QUINCY PRODUCED AND RECORDED WITH OTHER ARTISTS, WHICH TO ME SOMEWHAT STANDS ALMOST IN AN EQUAL SPACE OF WHAT HE DID PRODUCING MUSIC WITH OTHER ARTISTS IN THOSE RELEASES THAT HAD HIS NAME ON THE TOPLINE.

SOME OF THE ARTISTS I’LL HIGHLIGHT IN THIS EPISODE ARE PATTI AUSTIN, JAMES INGRAM, OF COURSE, MICHAEL JACKSON…DONNA SUMMER…GEORGE BENSON, THE BROTHERS JOHNSON…RUFUS FEATURING CHAKA KHAN…THIS MUSIC WILL SPAN THE YEARS FROM 1977 TO 1982. JUST CONSIDER IN THOSE YEARS, QUINCY JONES COMPLETED A BODY OF WORK THAT CAN BE COMPARED TO ANYONE OF HIS PEERS IN IT’S TERMS OF SHEER WORK BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER JUST SOME OF WHAT HE DID IN THOSE YEARS AND I’M GOING TO JUST THROW THIS OUT THERE…AS NOT ONLY DID HE PRODUCE WORK WITH THESE ARTISTS BUT HE ALSO WORKED ON SOUNDTRACKS FOR ‘THE WIZ’ AND ROOTS…ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF HIS OWN RECORDINGS (SOUNDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT…THE DUDE). IF YOU DONT KNOW BY NOW, THE BODY OF WORK THAT QUINCY JONES CREATED DURING HIS OVER 70 YEARS IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS CONSIDERED BY MANY - INCLUDING ME - TO BE THE GREATEST EVER CREATED. SO AS I’VE SAID BEFORE, I JUST NEED YOU TO JUST SETTLE IN, CHILL OUT WITH ME, AND LISTEN TO SOME OF THE BEST MUSIC EVER MADE, IT’S THE MUSIC OF MY LIFETIME…BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS, MY FOREVER LEGACY TRIBUTE TO QUINCY JONES, PART TWO.

“ALL ABOUT THE HEAVEN” - BROTHERS JOHNSON, FROM THEIR 1980 LP, ‘LIGHT UP THE NIGHT’

“STATE OF INDEPENDENCE” - DONNA SUMMER, FROM HER 1982 QUINCY JONES PRODUCED LP SIMPLY TITLED ‘DONNA’

“STAR OF THE STORY” - GEORGE BENSON, FROM 1980’S ‘GIVE ME THE NIGHT’

“BABY, COME TO ME” - PATTI AUSTIN, FROM 1981’S ‘EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE’, HER FIRST DUET WITH JAMES INGRAM

“IT’S YOUR NIGHT” - FROM JAMES INGRAM’S DEBUT 1983, OF THE SAME NAME

“HEAVEN BOUND” - RUFUS, FT. CHAKA KHAN, FROM THE SMASH ‘MASTERJAM’ RELEASED IN 1979

“RUNNIN FOR YOUR LOVIN” - BROTHERS JOHNSON. TITLE TRACK FROM THEIR 1977 LP AND MY ALL TIME FAVE SONG BY THE BROS. JOHNSON

“IT’S THE FALLING IN LOVE” - MICHAEL JACKSON & PATTI AUSTIN, FROM 1979'S SMASH "OFF THE WALL", WHICH IS ALSO ALBUM #3 ON MY ALL-TIME LIST

“LOVE ME TO DEATH” - PATTI AUSTIN. FROM THE 1981 LP TITLED “EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE”

“BABY BE MINE” - MICHAEL JACKSON - ANOTHER GEM, FROM THE BEST SELLING MUSICAL RECORDING OF ALL TIME, 1982’S ‘THRILLER’, WHICH IS #8 ON MY ALL-TIME LIST

“LOVE X LOVE” - GEORGE BENSON, ALSO FROM 1980’S ‘GIVE ME THE NIGHT

“MASTERJAM” - TITLE TRACK FROM 1979’S SMASH ‘MASTERJAM’

“DINORAH, DINORAH” - ANOTHER 1 FROM GEORGE BENSON'S 1980 CLASSIC, "GIVE ME THE NIGHT"

“P.Y.T.” - MICHAEL JACKSON, FROM 1982’S ‘THRILLER’, ONE OF MY FAVE MICHAEL JACKSON SONGS, CO-WRITTEN BY QUINCY JONES & JAMES INGRAM

“LIGHT UP THE NIGHT” - THE BROTHERS JOHNSON - TITLE CUT FROM THEIR 1980

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