mjazzg Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 (edited) Lots of coverage on BBC radio this morning Titan Edited November 4 by mjazzg Quote
Rabshakeh Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 Gosh. RIP. Quite aside from the music he was perhaps the greatest interviewee ever. Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 RIP Quincy. Thanks for all you've given the world of music. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 RIP. Before I even knew his name, I knew his music through my Dad's copy of The Double Six of Paris's Capitol debut, which included all Quincy Jones arrangements.  These four are real favorites. Quote
felser Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 RIP - talk about a wide-ranging career! A personal favorite: Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 RIP. Just too bad the daily press and news obits reduce his work and accomplishments more or less to Michael Jackson. Quote
John L Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 RIP. Â His impact on American music. was huge. Â Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 8 minutes ago, Big Beat Steve said: RIP. Just too bad the daily press and news obits reduce his work and accomplishments more or less to Michael Jackson. And "We are the World." The recent-ish documentary, which played like a two-hour trailer, also gave his jazz and film work the short shrift. At least Sinatra was mentioned. Quote
mjazzg Posted November 4 Author Report Posted November 4 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Big Beat Steve said: RIP. Just too bad the daily press and news obits reduce his work and accomplishments more or less to Michael Jackson. Not on the BBC, so far the Jackson years have been mentioned but easily as much focus has been on his other work in film, with Sinatra and writing/arranging for big bands etc. I'm impressed by their coverage and hoping for some more in depth as they pull it together. That aside, those Jackson albums are pretty damn important in recent-ish music history and definitely deserve the coverage. Edited November 4 by mjazzg Quote
mjzee Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/music/quincy-jones-celebrated-music-producer-to-stars-dies-at-91-4e03cb0d?st=5EbL5E&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink Excellent obituary in the WSJ. Â Quincy had a harrowing early life. Â A remarkable career, a remarkable life. Â RIP. Quote
hopkins Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 Some words by Ethan Iverson: Â https://open.substack.com/pub/iverson/p/tt-449-quincy-jones Quote
clifford_thornton Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 RIP. He seemed like a fascinating character, and wrote some great tunes. Quote
mikeweil Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 5 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said: Just too bad the daily press and news obits reduce his work and accomplishments more or less to Michael Jackson. They probably have no idea he had a jazz career all the years. If they know there is jazz, that is. Quote
jazzcorner Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 7 minutes ago, mikeweil said: They probably have no idea he had a jazz career all the years. If they know there is jazz, that is. Yes agreed. Thats the "empty" journalism today Quote
gvopedz Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 The US Postal Service will probably release a stamp commemorating Quincy Jones in a few years. Quote
JSngry Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 19 minutes ago, gvopedz said: The US Postal Service will probably release a stamp commemorating Quincy Jones in a few years. Â Quote
Stompin at the Savoy Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 (edited) 1 hour ago, mikeweil said: They probably have no idea he had a jazz career all the years. If they know there is jazz, that is. Yes. Quincy Jones was quite the jazz whiz kid in the fifties. Time to spin the Mosaic set again. And some of the Basie Roulette Studio set too. Edited November 4 by Stompin at the Savoy Quote
Holy Ghost Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 Founded Quest Records, whose roster included Sonny Simmons and New Order. Wow. RIP. Quote
mikeweil Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 58 minutes ago, Stompin at the Savoy said: Time to spin the Mosaic set again. Good idea. The first two albums are classics. Quote
rostasi Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 Sorry to see this. I was at the station this afternoon and informed the local DJ (who plays a lot of jazz on her show - she's a big fan of Abdullah Ibrahim) about his death and she was able to fit in some tunes. I remember Albertson had some very unkind words about Q, but no matter how "difficult" the guy may have been, he left us a big bounty of music to enjoy. ... and, hey! he stuck around to 91! Quote
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