In the Heat of the Night
Context
Song composed by Quincy Jones, lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman, that opens Norman Jewison's film and its soundtrack album on United Artists. Ray Charles performs it in a gospel color, with Billy Preston on organ according to AllMusic; released as a single on ABC, it reached number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Jazz in film and on screen, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Jazz in film and on screen: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream, Modern big bands.