By any standards, it would have been the end of a remarkable run. Quincy Jones released Sounds…and Stuff Like That!! in the summer of 1978. The LP was the bookend to a series of albums where Jones refined his marriage of jazz, soul, gospel and R&B. The title track and lead single with Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson — and Chaka Khan singing lead vocals — was a concession to a marketplace that seemed to be passing Jones by. Yet Jones, who passed away on Nov. 3, was only catching his breath; over the next three years, he would produce three albums (including his own) that would define the trajectory of Black pop for generations.