RIP Quincy Jones

[Neutral Corner]

Wild little Wiki nugget:

He had two brain surgeries, and after the second was warned to never play the trumpet again, because "if he blew a trumpet in the ways that a trumpet player must, the clip would come free and he would die". He ignored that advice, went on tour in Japan, and one night after playing trumpet had a pain in his head. Doctors said the clip in his brain had nearly come loose, as they'd warned, and Jones never played trumpet again.

Well that would have been a heckuva way to go out.

"He blew his brains out"?

 

[YMCA B-Baller]

Quincy Jones had some kick-ass TV themes and soundtracks. In addition to "Sanford And Son" he has this classic, here in its full glory ...



Also responsible for the "In The Heat Of The Night" score and countless other things. A true legend. RIP.

 

[Azrael]

No, that was this guy: RIP Wally Amos

RIP to both.

fixed!

 

[Huggy]

The classic Canuckistani game show Definition used one of his songs as it's theme

 

[WriteThinking]

Quincy's and Michael's best musical moment.

I really had no idea Quincy Jones was that old.

And, Michael Jackson looked so good in that. He really did wreck himself.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

RIP Q

 

[micropolitan guy]

Was he still married to Peggy Lipton? The obit doesn't say.

 

[YMCA B-Baller]

Was he still married to Peggy Lipton? The obit doesn't say.

They divorced in 1990, per Wikipedia, and Lipton died five years ago anyway.

 

[micropolitan guy]

They divorced in 1990, per Wikipedia, and Lipton died five years ago anyway.

Had no idea she was dead. She kind of disappeared after "Mod Squad."

 

[poindexter]

He was the director for "We Are the World," as well, wasn't he?

There was a really good Netflix documentary about "We are the World" that came out about a year ago. Jones was fantastic.

 

[Huggy]

There was a Netflix doc on his life and career that was great too. He wrote a pretty entertaining memoir a few years back too.

 

[Slacker]

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[HappyCurmudgeon]

There was a Netflix doc on his life and career that was great too. He wrote a pretty entertaining memoir a few years back too.

Yeah that was the one his daughter directed I believe. It was excellent.

I love the part when he's approached about producting the TV special for the opening of the African-American National Museum at the Smithsonian and he starts running off names of people who have to be at this event and casually says, "and of course we need the President [Obama] and First Lady there as well".

 

[dixiehack]

Can you provide a complete musical education without mentioning Quincy Jones?

https://theconversation.com/why-qui...ation-still-shapes-american-classrooms-244110

This is one reason why students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in jazz studies generally take classes entirely outside of the generic category of “music major.” Courses on jazz, a genre deeply rooted in African American musical traditions, frequently do not count as core classes for the music major at many U.S. colleges, conservatories and universities; classical music classes do.

And in a contemporary twist on musical racial segregation, classical voice and instrumental students in at least one college are warned by their studio teachers not to sing or play genres associated with Blackness such as jazz, gospel, blues or hip-hop for fear that those styles will negatively influence their classical approach.

If you’re thinking that all pop musicians like Jones are banned in the music classroom, just Google “the Beatles in music curricula.” There are countless college courses. The Beatles have been commonly studied for over 20 years.

The Beatles weren’t even American, but they’re part of the American music curricula. And they were white.