Quincy Jones' body of work will forever be overshadowed by his years with Michael Jackson. But one perusal of his credits will make your jaw drop. I haven't listened to it all, by any stretch. But I do have a few favorites.
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So much great music from Quincy Jones. Here's a personal favorite from 1962: https://youtu.be/k-QBY2Bdlpk
"Dyna-Soar" has that similar vibe of "Soul Bossa Nova." And not to hijack Quincy's post, but how great are those early to mid 60's Roland Kirk records?
Dyna-Soar to me reminds me of those old NFL documentaries. They always had great music.
RK is one of my favorite jazz musicians. Some of the later Atlantic stuff goes into goofy soul directions (I blame producer Joel Dorn), but Introducing, We Free Kings, Rip, Rig and Panic, and Domino are all excellent.
Damn right. What a CV, there is no resume than can capture the bredth and scale of what the man did. Elvis, Amy Winehouse, Basie and Bono, Clifford Bown and Cannonball, Mingus etc. What a legacy.
Forget his music. He had a pretty great career as an activist, and TV and movie producer! I was happily surprised to see prominent mention of his work with lesley gore everywhere. The Sinatra collabs loom large too. But yeah, his work on three of the biggest and most influential albums of all time with Michael Jackson loom large as they should, I'd say.
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So much great music from Quincy Jones. Here's a personal favorite from 1962: https://youtu.be/k-QBY2Bdlpk
- Paul in DK
"Dyna-Soar" has that similar vibe of "Soul Bossa Nova." And not to hijack Quincy's post, but how great are those early to mid 60's Roland Kirk records?
Dyna-Soar to me reminds me of those old NFL documentaries. They always had great music.
RK is one of my favorite jazz musicians. Some of the later Atlantic stuff goes into goofy soul directions (I blame producer Joel Dorn), but Introducing, We Free Kings, Rip, Rig and Panic, and Domino are all excellent.
- Paul in DK
Honestly one of the giants of the 20th century.
Enjoy this badass little track from Quincy's soundtrack to "In Cold Blood".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFA7bpuJCqU
Randy
Damn right. What a CV, there is no resume than can capture the bredth and scale of what the man did. Elvis, Amy Winehouse, Basie and Bono, Clifford Bown and Cannonball, Mingus etc. What a legacy.
And he produced Lesley Gore's You Don't Own Me - arguably the first feminist anthem.
Forget his music. He had a pretty great career as an activist, and TV and movie producer! I was happily surprised to see prominent mention of his work with lesley gore everywhere. The Sinatra collabs loom large too. But yeah, his work on three of the biggest and most influential albums of all time with Michael Jackson loom large as they should, I'd say.
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