Quincy Jones Had Something for Everyone
The music superproducer knew that if you have to find your way to a kind of telepathy with an artist, operating as one mind, you can’t speed past the human element.
Quincy Jones: His brilliance explained in 10 songs
"Music is sacred to me," Quincy Jones once said. "Melody is God's voice." He certainly had the divine touch. Jones, who had died at the age of 91, was the right-hand man to both Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson,
The Freedom of Quincy Jones
Instead, it used an offbeat bit of samba-jazz by Quincy Jones. This was an inspired choice. Jones’s 1962 song “Soul Bossa Nova” was certainly an artifact of its decade, reflecting a then-emerging international craze for Brazilian rhythms.
Quincy Jones, Giant of American Music, Dies at 91
As a producer, he made the best-selling album of all time, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” He was also a prolific arranger and composer of film music.
The Sinatra song that says everything about Quincy Jones’s genius
I know Quincy Jones bridged the history of music, from Count Basie to Michael Jackson to Snoop Dogg. That he was the original hipster and had “Thriller” and “We Are the World” and the 22 girlfriends.
Quincy Jones was an open book, but you may not have known these things about him
Quincy Jones was known to generations of fans due to a career that spanned from the radio to the big screen and the small.
Quincy Jones, the Maestro of the Recording Studio
For decades, he had many of the pop world’s best players on call — and knew how to coax out their sharpest performances.
Quincy Jones was a visionary who heard music’s future in its past
Quincy Jones made himself one of the 20th century’s greatest producers by presiding over American music’s transition from jazz to pop.
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Quincy Jones Was a ‘Musician’s Musician’ Who Was Uniquely Beloved in the Cutthroat Music Industry
A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday ...
How Quincy Jones produced ‘the greatest night in pop’
Quincy Jones, a versatile giant in the music industry who has ties to the first song played on the moon and the ...
Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney and more pay tribute to Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” ...
Quincy Jones, maestro behind Sinatra and MJ, said music filled a void. Take a look back
Quincy Jones, the famed record producer and arranger who taught Sinatra to swing hard in the ‘60s and who made pop music ...
Quincy Jones Dies At 91 — Leaving Behind Lessons On Leadership, Collaboration And Being Effortlessly Cool
Quincy Jones transformed leadership with adaptability and collaboration. His evolution from jazz to super producer teaches ...
Quincy Jones dies at age 91: What he shared about his health struggles
Jones died on Sunday, Nov. 3 at age 91 at his home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, surrounded by ...
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Quincy Jones Once Said This Actor Should Portray Him In A Biopic
Larenz Tate, who portrayed the musical genius in the 2004 Ray Charles biopic Ray, has previously discussed his desire to ...
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Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91
Quincy Jones died at age 91. Quincy Jones, the multitalented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing ...
From A-Z, There Will Never Be Another Q: My 24 Hours With Quincy Jones | Guest Column
Petra Nemcova, former supermodel and philanthropist put us at the same table, thinking we might have fun together. That would ...