Miscellaneous RIP Quincy Jones

[IllinoisJ]

One of the greats. Trumpet-player-composer-arranger-conductor-producer...
Made the most of his 91 years.

 

[Jeanette]

RIP Quincy

And thank you for the music

View: https://youtu.be/NVTVheyDY4s?si=r0atc0ZHOaoCDa04

 

[Colin the Bear]

End of an era.

 

[Ghr9204]

With such few replies, apparently not many knew Quincy, I certainly didn't. After doing a little reading on him, I am amazed at his abilities of arranging and composing, basically the man behind the stars.

A nice article on Quincy Jones is:
Quincy Jones, peerless music giant, dies at 91

A few details on him from the article:

He briefly studied at the Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts before joining bandleader Lionel Hampton on the road, eventually relocating to New York, where he earned notoriety as an arranger for stars including Duke Ellington, Dinah Washington, Count Basie and his friend Ray Charles.

He played second trumpet on Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel," teaming up with Dizzy Gillespie for several years before moving to Paris in 1957, where he studied under the legendary composer Nadia Boulanger.

He wrote his own hits, like the addictively cacophonous "Soul Bossa Nova," while also arranging at a breathless pace for dozens of stars across the industry.

And his scores for film and television became instantly recognizable classics in their own right; in 1967, Jones was the first Black composer to be nominated in the original song category of the Oscars, for the film "Banning."

He was even an executive officer of a major record company, very active among the Black musician community, although he was familiar eyes among many others.

R.I.P. Quincy.

 

[saxyjt]

I must say that I have been busy with many different things lately but Quincy Jones! How could I miss that?

Actually, I didn't. I mean, I heard the sad news. Now, 91 is a respectable age to say good bye. All depends on how you are living it. I lost my mon a couple of months ago at about the same age and it was a relief. Especially for her, based on what she was telling us the last few weeks leading to her passing.

I heard about Quincy Jones back in 74, when I was a teenager. My dad was back from a long trip across the Pacific ocean and he came back with many things just before Christmas, so it was a big thing. Among others, he visited Japan and brought back a complete stereo system and some records including that one by Quincy Jones. I loved it. It's one of these records that stick in your head and you hear the intro to the first tune so vividly.

R.I.P. Quincy.

PS: I need to track down this vinyl record as I don't have it and I bet my sister does with a few others I'd like to get my hands on. She doesn't even have a record player, so!