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Quincy Jones · 1981 · First single from The Dude (A&M), No. 28 in the United States.

Context

Written by Chaz Jankel and Kenny Young and first recorded by Jankel in 1980, the song takes its title from the Japanese film In the Realm of the Senses. Quincy Jones opens his album The Dude (A&M, March 26, 1981) with it, recorded at Westlake Studios in Los Angeles, with Charles May (Dune) on lead vocals and Patti Austin on backing vocals. It ranked number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 14 in the United Kingdom, and earned Jerry Hey and Quincy Jones a Grammy for arrangement in 1982.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

By the same artist

• In the Heat of the Night (1967)
• Soul Bossa Nova (1962)
• The Quintessence (1961)

Sources

• sessiondays.com
• EN: The Dude (Quincy Jones album)

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