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 ...
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After leaving Mercury Records in 1964, Quincy Jones began working in the tv and film studios without a break except for illness in 1969 when he suffered a brain aneurism. The operation ended his career as a trumpeter but not as composer or arranger or conductor. Starting with "The Pawnbroker" in 1966, Jones began writing the scores for 33 films including "In Cold Blood,""In the Heat of the Nigh...
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My apologies for the misquoting of the title of the above composition.Quincy Jones began his career as a trumpeter, playing in his south side Chicago school and branching out into starting studies at the Schillinger House which is now the Berlee College of Music in Boston. Jones abandoned his studies in 1951 to join Lionel Hampton's call for him to play trumpet. It was during his stay with Hamp...
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Carrfan, a good friend of mine, will love this performance of "Moanin."From the late 1950's to 1964, Quincy Jones was the first African-American to serve as a record producer at a major label, Mercury Records. During this time, he also wrote arrangements for stars as diverse as Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra (the last album the two recorded was the "L.A. Is My Lady"...
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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...
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Alright my beautiful moggers, I made a trip to the library to drop off some dvds & pick up some more, but since I was there I decided to see if they had the Quincy Jones cd I posted about yesterday & sure enough it was there! So you lucky people are going to get a few more cuts off it. I know you are all so enthralled, heh!This is my 2nd favorite cut:Can you say gah-roooovy?!!! I knew you could!
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...I'm sitting outside, editing some documents and am thinking of my lady and, on a not-so-prurient tip, my fellow Moggers out there getting souped up for the weekend-- pump your brakes partner, it'll be here soon enough...the summer's not out here in LA yet (or anywhere in this hemisphere for that matter ) so it's not too hot and not too cold-- as Goldilocks would put it: It's juuust right...l...
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Have a great weekend everyone!
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From Quincy Jones' Soundtrack for the 1967 Richard Brooks film.
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Only a few months separate this arrangement by Quincy Jones of Marvin Gaye's masterpiece.For your aural consideration
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Quincy Jones is determined to save VIBE...but just the online version. Details here.
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From Yahoo.comLOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Ever since Shawn Fanning launched the original Napster -- and even more so now that legitimate downloading has taken off via iTunes -- I've been hearing lots of talk about the death of the album. It's getting louder and louder, and it has our industry running scared. As you all know, single tracks -- whether they're purchased legitimately or downloaded il...
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Quincy Jones - Love,Q [2004]" Love,Q ", has that same essence of originality and saying something awareness, that has given every fan a big lift from this wonderful human being, who has always been there for others! This album will put a move on your heart as we respond to each song, we know we heard the best in the business.This time a single disc that focusses exclusively on his softer side. ...
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My favorite album by Quincy Jones is The Dude. Every song on this album is golden! Not like he does have the midas touch but this album holds a special place in my heart.Thank you Quincy for all you do!
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Quincy Jones wrote the score for a total of 33 major motion pictures, starting with Pawnbroker, and that doesn't include scores, like Austin Powers, where Quincy's music was used off the shelf.With that kind of library, how do you choose? In the Heat of the Night (as mentioned by bartleby), or its sequel They Call me Mister Tibbs wouldn't be bad choices. But, The Color Purple is, to my mind, ...
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