Quincy Jones
23 articles
Audio interviews
Interview by Mat Snow, Rock's Backpages audio, 1990
The man known as "Q" talks, between mouthfuls, about meeting Stravinsky; trying to put Michael Jackson together with Prince; the people he has known, from Dinah Washington to Colin Powell via Miles Davis and many others; and on the state of black America.
File format: mp3; file size: 39mb, interview length: 42' 37" sound quality: ***
List of articles in the library
Quincy Jones: Back On The Block
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, Q, January 1990
ON THE FACE of it, this is where the man who was called 'Q' even before this magazine generously allows his address book to make ...
Quincy Jones: Mr Jones, I Presume!
Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, Q, April 1990
THE THREE DUMBEST questions you could possibly ask this month are, "Do the ambulance workers deserve more pay?", "Is Mike Gatting a pillock?" and "Does ...
Review by Daryl Easlea, bbc.co.uk, 2009
RELEASED IN 1981, The Dude was the right album at the right time. ...
Quincy Jones: Q – The Musical Biography Of Quincy Jones (Rhino)
Review by Daryl Easlea, Record Collector, January 2002
QUINCY JONES HAS enjoyed a truly remarkable career, moving between the fields of jazz, blues, soundtracks, pop, soul, funk and rap. This celebratory collection encompasses ...
Quincy Jones: One Of The Greatest!
Interview by 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, ...
Brothers Johnson: Good To Ya, Good For Ya
Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 28 December 1976
ONE OF the success stories of 1976 in terms of 'newcomers' on the scene is concerned must involve George & Louis Johnson. Although they'd worked ...
Quincy Jones, Brothers Johnson, Wattsline Singers, Lou Rawls: Felt Forum, New York NY
Live Review by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 5 October 1976
Mr. Q hits the spot! ...
Blow for Love and Money part 2: Since The Explosion
Overview by Davitt Sigerson, Black Music, April 1977
In part two of his analysis of crossover jazz, Davitt Sigerson looks at developments during the last three years. ...
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 16 September 1975
AFTER TWENTY years of giving others success, Quincy Jones is only now finally getting his just deserts — borne out by the rapid rise up ...
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 6 May 1980
TO GET some measure of Michael Jackson's success during 1979, you only have to look at the B&S Poll results because Michael walked off with ...
Quincy Jones: Feelin' Great In '78
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 18 July 1978
Quincy Jones finds that the ideas and his music are just flowing these days, he feels like a man on the sea, just going with ...
Profile and Interview by Mark Cooper, The Guardian, 8 February 1990
From Satchmo to Wacko Jacko, Quincy Jones has worked with them all. Now, he tells Mark Cooper, it's time to take stock. ...
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 10 February 1962
QUINCY JONES — in London for a flying visit — grabs a word with MAX JONES ...
Music In The Making: Quincy Jones — Sarah Makes It All Worth While
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 12 October 1963
Quincy Jones, who spent last week in London enjoying the sights and sounds by day and night, is one of music's all-rounders. Bandleader, composer, arranger, publisher, ...
Cinematic Soul: The Soundtracks of Quincy Jones
Overview by Michael A. Gonzales, Stop Smiling, November 2007
THE MUSICAL legacy of 74-year-old Quincy Delight Jones Jr. looms large over the landscape of popular culture. While our grandparents might remember him as the ...
USA for Africa: Record could raise millions for hungry
Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 14 March 1985
"CHECK YOUR ego at the door." That was the message producer Quincy Jones sent to Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Diana Ross ...
Frank Sinatra with Quincy Jones and Orchestra: L.A. Is My Lady (Quest)
Review by Mitchell Cohen, Creem, December 1984
FRANKIE RUNS OVER HOLLYWOOD ...
Quincy Jones: The Mighty Quince
Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 17 February 1990
QUINCY JONES, producer of everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, is now mixing jazz and hip-hop and working with Jesse Jackson and New Order. ...
Interview by Robin Eggar, Time Out, June 1988
The Jackson and Jones alliance has seen the transformation of a bubble-gum singer into the greatest musical phenomenon of his era. ...
Quincy Jones: Q - The Autobiography Of… (Hodder & Stoughton)
Review by Tim Clifford, Rock's Backpages, February 2002
WHAT AN extraordinary life the multi-talented Mr Jones has led. He's worked with everyone from Count Basie to Melle Mel, Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson ...
Lesley Gore is Set For Stardom
Profile by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 21 September 1963
WHO IS the young pop artist most like to hit the highest spots this year? ...
The Superstar: Much More Than The Just The music
Overview by Vernon Gibbs, Billboard, 5 June 1982
IT MAY be one of the most frequently misused of the music industry's accolades, since in a business full of stars there are few genuine ...
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