Roots (The Saga Of An American Family)
Album Summary
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. was an American record producer, composer, arranger, record executive, conductor, trumpeter, film and television producer and bandleader. During his seven-decade career, he received dozens of accolades, including 28 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
Tracklist
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A1 Motherland
0:29
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A2 Roots Mural Theme 2:10
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A3 Main Title: Mama Aifambeni (Premiere Episode) 1:03
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A4 Behold, The Only Thing Greater Than Yourself (Birth) 1:30
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A5 Oluwa (Many Rains Ago) (African Theme) 2:28
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A6 Boyhood To Manhood 0:53
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A7 The Toubob Is Here! (The Capture) 1:06
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A8 Middle Passage (Slaveship Crossing) 1:15
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A9 You In Americuh' Now, African 0:32
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B1 Roots Mural Theme Intro (Slave Auction) 0:15
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B2 Ole Fiddler 1:12
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B3 Jumpin' De Broom (Marriage Ceremony) 0:42
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B4 What Can I Do? (Hush, Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name) 2:17
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B5 Roots Mural Theme Bridge (Plantation Life) 1:25
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B6 Oh Lord, Come By Here 3:25
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B7 Free At Last? (The Civil War) 2:24
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B8 Many Rains Ago (Oluwa) (African Theme: English Version) 4:50
Total Runtime: 27:56
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Artist Discography
Swedish American All Stars (1953)
This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1956)
Jazz Abroad (1957)
Go West, Man! (1957)
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959)
Et voilà ! (1959)
The Birth of a Band (1959)
I Dig Dancers (1960)
If You Go (1961)
Big Band Bossa Nova (1962)
Plays Hip Hits (1963)
Golden Boy (1964)
Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964)
The Deadly Affair (The Original Sound Track Album) (1966)
You’ve Got It Bad Girl (1973)
Body Heat (1974)
Ironside (1975)
Sounds… And Stuff Like That!! (1978)
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones: Live! (1984)
Blanchard: New Earth Sonata / Telemann: Suite in A Minor (Overture/Air a L'Italien/Rejouissance) (1985)
Back on the Block (1989)
Gula Matari (1989)
Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1994)
Q’s Jook Joint (1995)
Jump for Jones (1996)
I Grandi Del Jazz - Quincy Jones - Body Heat (2002)
Merry Old Man (2002)
Quincy Jones + Harry Arnold + Big Band = Jazz! (2006)
Stockholm Sweetnin' (2007)
Q: Soul Bossa Nostra (2010)
Take 5 (2010)
Quincy's Home Again (2013)
All that Jazz, Vol. 128: Quincy Jones - "Ghana" (2020)
Quintessence Oldies Selection (2025)
