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Quincy Jones artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Quincy Jones went from performing and arranging to producing. As a record executive, he churned out chart toppers. Always restless, he moved to producing films and TV shows in the 1960s and '70s. Through the '80s and '90s there were more hits: The Color Purple, Michael Jackson's blockbusters and humanitarian work in Africa. At 75, he's still keeping up a blistering pace.
()Host Bob Edwards talks with producer, composer, and arranger Quincy Jones. In the second segment of this interview (first segment aired yesterday), Jones recalls his successful efforts at producing pop hits after a career that began in jazz big bands and be-bop. (8:38
()Tom Terrell reviews a CD of funk collaborations between Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby, The Original Jam Sessions: 1969, and a companion CD called The New Mixes Volume One. He says while the 1969 tracks were fairly ordinary, the remixes are full of musical surprises.
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No matter how you're going to spend your time by the pool, you're going to need musical accompaniment — preferably something that steers clear of the typical Jimmy Buffett and Beach Boys mix. How about some jazz? Not the heady stuff, unless you're aiming to clear the decks. Instead, get yourself some deep '70s jazz; the kind that leaves a funk aroma and washes off easily when you take the plunge.
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