Quincy Jones: One Of The Greatest!
David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 26 October 1963
SITTING IN a deserted recording studio at Philips, listening to the playback of a just-completed session by the Johnny Dankworth Orchestra, Quincy Jones trumpeter, pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader and a & r man talked about his work, which spans the sometimes wide gulf between pop music and jazz.
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