AllRespect.com // Amy Winehouse To Appear On Quincy Jones Tribute Album

Posted on 2010-09-09 03:00:10
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Singer has teamed up with Mark Ronson to re-record the 1963 hit 'It's My Party' for Q: Soul Bossa Nostra.By Mawuse Ziegbe

Quincy Jones' new album, <i>Q: Soul Bossa Nostra</i>Photo: Rogers & Cowan

Amy Winehouse achieved global fame by layering candid, contemporary lyricism over throwback, doo-wop sounds. Now she's putting those powerhouse vocals and her affinity for retro rhythms to use for her latest foray back into the spotlight.

The U.K. singer will contribute a track to Q: Soul Bossa Nostra, a tribute album celebrating the work of legendary producer and musician Quincy Jones. Winehouse has hooked up with British producer Mark Ronson, who crafted the infectious old-school groove of her sophomore release, Back to Black. For the new project, the duo revamped the playful, if pouty, "It's My Party," the 1963 Lesley Gore hit produced by Jones.

"Amy and I are both incredibly honoured and excited to be recording this song for Quincy. The regard she holds him in is second to none," Ronson said in a statement released Wednesday (September 8). "We've gone back and forth on this track, fixing and improving it until we were satisfied it was good enough for Quincy."

Jones appeared amped to welcome Winehouse and Ronson's contribution to Q, which is slated to be released on November 9.

"Amy's talents as an artist are undisputable and I am astounded not only by her voice but by her tremendous knowledge of and respect for music and its history," Jones said in the statement. "I am thrilled that she and Mark wanted to be a part of this album and I absolutely love what they did to make the song their own."

The Jones track is the latest step toward the limelight for Winehouse, who has battled headline-grabbing issues with drugs and divorce among other personal dramas. Earlier this year, the Roots' ?uestlove said he and Winehouse were tinkering with a supergroup, and in July, the singer hopped onstage at a Ronson gig in London.

Winehouse has also been working on solo material. When she stepped out at the July premiere of "Psychosis," directed by new flame Reg Traviss, she said her latest album should be available by January and would revisit the well-worn sounds of her previous effort.

"It's going to be very much the same as my second album, where there's a lot of jukebox stuff and the songs that are ... just jukebox, really."

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