Mellow Madness

 ( 1975 Albums ) 

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.

• Quincy Jones – producer, arranger, keyboards, trumpet, background vocals

• Wah Wah Watson, George Johnson – guitars
• Toots Thielemans – guitar
• Dennis Budimir – guitar
• Louis Johnson – bass guitar
• Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
• Max Bennett – bass guitar
• Don Grusin, Dave Grusin, Jerry Peters – keyboards
• Mike Melvoin – keyboards
• Bill Lamb, Chuck Findley – trumpets
• Tom Bahler – trumpet, background vocals
• Frank Rosolino, George Bohanon – trombones
• Ernie Krivda, Sahib Shihab, Jerome Richardson – saxophones
• Hubert Laws – flute
• Tommy Morgan – bass harmonica
• Harvey Mason – drums
• Grady Tate – drums
• Ralph MacDonald – conga, percussion
• Ian Underwood – synthesizer programming
• Paulette McWilliams, Jim Gilstrap, Joe Green, Jesse Kirkland, Myrna Matthews, Carolyn Willis, Leon Ware – background vocals
• Minnie Riperton – background vocals

Technical personnel

• Tom Bahler – assistant arranging
• Paul Riser – assistant arranging
• Phil Schier – engineer
• Joan DeCola – assistant engineer