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In Focus: Quincy Jones
Focus on Quincy Jones
Music wouldn't sound the same today without Quincy Jones.
Rising up from poverty, Jones spent his early musical career playing trumpet with big band swing legend Count Basie, and worked as a young arranger for jazz greats like Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie. He went on to learn classical composition in Paris under Nadia Boulanger, whilst living across the street from Picasso.
Jones became one of the first ever Black music executives signed to a US record label, and over the course of his career, his vision for transmuting musical talent into enormous pop successes earned him a staggering 28 Grammys, with collaborations spanning icons like Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, and Aretha Franklin, shaping the sounds of jazz, pop, soul, and film.
Tune in for two hours paying tribute to his recent passing, compiled by Jean-Claude Thompson (IF Music).
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- Quincy Jones (Norm Kinney mix)What Can I Do? (Hush, Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name)
- Quincy JonesThe Pawnbroker
- Dinah WashingtonCome Rain Or Come Shine
- Frank Sinatra, Count Basie & The Orchestra, Quincy Jones feat. Count Basie OrchestraThe Shadow Of Your Smile
- Quincy JonesGula Matari
- George BensonStar Of A Story (X)
- Gina BreedloveFree To Be Me
- Quincy JonesCandy Man
- Quincy JonesQ’s Rap
- Michael JacksonI Can't Help It
- Brothers JohnsonQ
- Quincy Jones, Patti AustinSomethin' Special
- Quincy JonesIs It Love That We’re Missin’
- Art Farmer SeptetMau Mau
- Clark TerrySwahili
- Quincy JonesOtez' Night Off
- Quincy JonesThey Call Me Mister Tibbs
- Quincy JonesStuff Like That
- Chaka Khan & RufusDo You Love What You Feel
- Patti AustinDo You Love Me?
- Quincy JonesEmerald City Sequence
- Quincy JonesIronside
- Quincy JonesA Shot In The Park
- Quincy JonesCelie Shaves Mr. / Scarification Ceremony
- Oscar Brown Jr.Mr. Kicks
- Quincy JonesI Heard That!!
- Ray CharlesEvery Saturday Night
- The Brothers JohnsonStrawberry Letter 23
- Quincy JonesListen To The Melody
- Michael JacksonBaby Be Mine