Quincy Jones

[MitchW]

At 91.  A giant giant.  RIP.

OBIT

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He arranged and conducted several collaborations between Frank Sinatra and Count Basie, including what is widely regarded as one of Sinatra’s greatest records, “Sinatra at the Sands” (1966).

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the three albums he produced for Michael Jackson between 1979 and 1987 — “Off the Wall,” “Thriller” and “Bad” — arguably remade the pop business with their success, by appealing profoundly to both Black and white audiences at a time when mainstream radio playlists were becoming increasingly segregated.

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Mr. Jones took the job of musical director at Mercury in 1961, assembling its jazz roster: He signed Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Shirley Horn and others...

 He helped make the song “It’s My Party” (1963) into a No. 1 hit for Ms. Gore, rushing acetates to radio stations just before another version of the song, sung by the Crystals and produced by Phil Spector, which remains unreleased.

 

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In 1991, he produced a concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland — of which he, in typical factotum spirit, had become a co-producer — reuniting Miles Davis with the arranger Gil Evans to play music from the albums “Sketches of Spain” and “Porgy and Bess.” It was there that he met the actress Nastassja Kinski, with whom he lived for four years, a union that produced his seventh child, Kenya Julia Miambi Sarah Jones, who became a model and is known professionally as Kenya Kinski-Jones.

 

[Wilfrid]

I did not know he produced "It's My Party."

[Behemoth_Munich]

I watched the Netflix documentary a few months ago, absolutely incredible. RIP.

[MitchW]

C'mon, Nastassja Kinski!  If there's any accomplishment that ought be lauded...

[hollywood]

Ah, the python photo.

[Wilfrid]

Did not know that either. 

[MitchW]

31 minutes ago, Wilfrid said:

Did not know that either. 

Too much time with Ana and Carlotta?

[Wilfrid]

I think Ana would have been one year old when they split up.

[StephanieL]

5 hours ago, Wilfrid said:

I did not know he produced "It's My Party."

I didn't either.  It's incredible how much he accomplished.

[Sneakeater]

You guys. 

[splinky]

My uncle had some great Q stories.  

[bloviatrix]

4 hours ago, splinky said:

My uncle had some great Q stories.  

Any plans on sharing? You can't just drop that in.

[splinky]

3 hours ago, bloviatrix said:

Any plans on sharing? You can't just drop that in.

i'm supposed to wait for everyone in the stories to be dead. 

[small h]

If you wait long enough, we'll all be dead. Spill!

[relbbaddoof]

47 minutes ago, splinky said:

i'm supposed to wait for everyone in the stories to be dead.

That's like the 90 year-olds who went to a divorce lawyer and said "we were waiting till the children were dead."

[bloviatrix]

15 hours ago, splinky said:

i'm supposed to wait for everyone in the stories to be dead. 

Howabout we all take a vow not to repeat them?