Mellow Madness

Mellow Madness is a 1975 studio album by Quincy Jones. It was Jones's first album recorded since treatment for a cerebral aneurysm. The album introduced the R&B public to The Brothers Johnson, who co-wrote four of the album tracks.

Track listing

 * 1) "Is It Love That We're Missing?" (George Johnson, Debbie Smith) (3:52)
 * 2) "Paranoid"  (Joe Green)(2:55)
 * 3) "Mellow Madness" (Tom Bahler, Al Ciner, Quincy Jones, Paulette McWilliams) (3:27)
 * 4) "Beautiful Black Girl" (Jones, Otis Smith) (6:12)
 * 5) "Listen (What It Is)" (Quincy Jones, George Johnson, Louis Johnson) (4:16)
 * 6) "Just a Little Taste of Me" ( Henry George Johnson, Louis Johnson )(3:28)
 * 7) "My Cherie Amour" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) (5:25)
 * 8) "Tryin' to Find Out About You" ( Henry George Johnson, Louis Johnson )(3:02)
 * 9) "Cry Baby" (Quincy Jones)(4:29)
 * 10) "Bluesette" (Norman Gimbel, Toots Thielemans) (7:01)

Performance

 * Quincy Jones - Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Trumpet, Vocals, Background vocals
 * Toots Thielemans - Guitar, Harmonica, Whistler
 * Dave Grusin, Don Grusin, Mike Melvoin, Jerry Peters - Keyboards
 * Ian Underwood - Synthesizer
 * Louis Johnson, Max Bennett, Chuck Rainey - Bass
 * Grady Tate, Harvey Mason - Drums
 * Wah Wah Watson, George Johnson,Louis Johnson, Dennis Budimir - Guitar
 * Ralph MacDonald - Conga Drums, Percussion
 * Hubert Laws - Flute
 * Tommy Morgan - Harmonica
 * Ernie Krivda, Sahib Shihab - Saxophone
 * Bill Lamb, Chuck Findley, Tom Bahler - Trumpet
 * Frank Rosolino - Trombone, Trumpet
 * George Bohanon - Trombone
 * Jerome Richardson - Wind
 * Minnie Riperton, Leon Ware, Jesse Kirkland, Myrna Matthews, Paulette McWilliams, Joseph Greene, Jim Gilstrap, Carolyn Willis, Watts Prophets, George Johnson - Vocals