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As I Was Moving Ahead - Q Solar Return
19.03.23 · Milan

As I Was Moving Ahead - Q Solar Return

Focus on Quincy Jones

A special episode dedicated to Quincy Jones in celebration of his life and journey on his 90th solar return. A velvety flight, gliding above his most dreamy, cinematic, deeply jazzy, spiritual sounds. Blue ballades magnificently arranged chase greasy grooves amazingly played to break your soul wide open. The Parisian years, the hot fire jams with Jimmy Smith, the liberating adventures with Ray Brown. From an Evening in Paris across Summer in the City, A Taste of Honey, Jook Joint, Jimmy Cookin' on top, Freedom at last, Gula Matari, The Lost Man, Coming Home. A celebration of music as a liberating practice.

"Nobody could tell me which tempo to play “Bebop” or “A Night in Tunisia” in. Nobody could tell me how long I could stay up at night with earphones to check out Dizzy or Bird or Miles solo at the Sherman and Clay Record Store booths. Music was one thing I could control. It was the one world that offered me my freedom. When I played music, my nightmares ended. My family problems disappeared. I didn’t have to search for answers. The answers lay no further than in the bell of my trumpet and my scrawled, penciled scores. Music made me full, strong, popular, self-reliant, and cool." Quincy Jones

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Tracklist

  • 0:00:30
    Quincy Jones, Barry White, Billy Eckstine, Bono, Brandy, Chaka Khan, Charlie Parker, Charlie Wilson, Coko, Dizzy Gillespie, Funkmaster Flex, Gloria Estefan, Greg Phillinganes, James Moody, Kid Capri, LL Cool J, Lelee, Lester Young, Marlon Brando, Mervyn Warren, Miles Davis, Patti Austin, Queen Latifah, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan, Shaquille O'Neal, Siedah Garrett, Stevie Wonder, Töne Löc, Will Wheaton
    Jook Joint Intro
  • 0:01:47
    Quincy Jones (Norm Kinney mix)
    Free At Last? (The Civil War)
  • 0:02:35
    Quincy Jones
    Summer In The City
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  • Quincy Jones
    After Hours
  • Quincy Jones
    Hummin'
  • Quincy Jones
    Evening In Paris
  • Quincy Jones
    Pony
  • Quincy Jones, Bill Cosby
    Jimmy Cookin' On Top (Interlude)
  • Quincy Jones
    Gula Matari
  • Quincy Jones
    A Taste Of Honey
  • Quincy Jones
    In The Heart Of The Night
  • Quincy Jones
    Jump Street Profile
  • Quincy Jones
    Comin' Home Baby
  • Quincy Jones & Herbie Hancock
    Jamming With His Fairlight CMI
  • Quincy Jones, Bill Cosby feat. Bill Cosby
    Hikky-Burr
  • Quincy Jones
    Up Against The Wall (Instrumental)
  • The Ray Brown Orchestra
    Coming And Going
  • Quincy Jones
    Gula Matari
  • Donny Hathaway, Quincy Jones
    Harlem Dawn
  • Aretha Franklin
    Somewhere
  • Quincy Jones
    In The Heat Of The Night
  • Quincy Jones
    Love And Peace