Quincy Delight Jones (1933 - ) is a true Renaissance man, taking turns during his five decades of activity as a conductor, arranger, composer, trumpeter, and record producer. He has been nominated for 79 Grammy Awards and won 27 of them in various categories including a 1991 Grammy Legend award. Jones is best known as a record producer these days ever since a brain aneurism derailed his career ...
I've been diggin' on Quincy Jones album "Big Band Bossa Nova" from '64. Picked this up at my local library to give some early Quincy a spin. I gotta say it's pretty groovy & funky in a jazzy, latin rhythms way. I was also quite suprised that I recognized the first track off of it called "Soul Bossa Nova". A week or so ago Rawkiddo posted a rap group that used a sample from "Soul Bossa Nova" and...
