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Okay, first of all I’ll fess up and admit that I haven’t prepared food, cooked, or anything even remotely like cooking since Friday…well actually that’s not true because I baked a blueberry galette pie yesterday and a batch of my homemade granola…but I could do either of those in my sleep and I think I [...]
On Friday, the 18th of July Nelson Mandela celebrated his ninetieth birthday. A few weeks earlier, a musical concert was held in his honour at Hyde Park in London, bringing together such artists as Quincy Jones, Will Smith, Eddy Grant, Johnny Clegg and Papa Wemba.
He's performed with the greats, like Frank, Ella and Louis Armstrong During the 1940s, bassist George James "Buddy" Catlett roamed the streets of Seattle as a teenager, performing with such future luminaries as trumpeter Quincy Jones and pianist Ray Charles. "Seattle was one of the hottest cities in America," Jones said, adding that he and Catlett often performed three clubs a night together, finishing...
The Local Bengt Säve-Söderbergh, president of the Swedish Jazz Federation says that after the Second World War, Stockholm was one of the centres of European jazz along with Paris and Copenhagen. Later, during the fifties and sixties, American artists like Stan Getz, Quincy Jones and James Moody actually moved to Sweden, and toured and recorded with Swedish artists.
Quincy Jones is 75! The famed music producer Quincy Jones celebrated his 75th birthday this week in Montreux, Switzerland with Herbie Hancock, Patti Austin, Mick Hucknall and more on stage. “No words can describe the emotions I feel — all these talented, loyal, giving people,” Jones told the audience at Stravinski Auditorium close to Lake Geneva. [...]
MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Quincy Jones, the trailblazing Grammy Award-winning producer and composer, was feted for his music and humanity at a 75th birthday party which brought Herbie Hancock, Patti Austin, Mick Hucknall and more to Montreux's fabled stage.
Written By Cyrus LanghorneMississippi rapper/producer David Banner has been exclusively chosen by legendary entertainer Quincy Jones to remix his classic songs for an upcoming album. [Visit SOHH.com for more information]
MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Quincy Jones, the trailblazing Grammy Award-winning producer and composer, was feted for his music and humanity at a 75th birthday party which brought Herbie Hancock, Patti Austin, Mick Hucknall and more to Montreux's fabled stage.
Source: Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay MONTREUX, Switzerland, July 15 (Reuters) - Quincy Jones, the trailblazing Grammy Award-winning producer and composer, was feted for his music and humanity at a 75th birthday ...
After working with the likes of Lil Wayne and T.I., MC/producer David Banner is adding Quincy Jones to his resume. The rapper, who will release his fourth album, The Greatest Story Ever Told, tomorrow (July 15) via SRC/Universal, recently joined a hand-picked group who will remix selections from Jones' catalog...
Legendary producer Quincy Jones has tapped some of the biggest names in hip hop and R&B to remix various songs from his catalog. Rapper/producer David Banner , who is among the chosen, revealed to Billboard that Jones has also picked Akon, Pharrell Williams and T-Pain for the project. “[He] allowed us to choose and remake our favorite songs,” Banner explained. “I chose 'Give Me the Night' by George...
Quincy Jones among those who helped raise $43,000 for Seattle singer SEATTLE - Jazz vocalist Ernestine Anderson's home has been saved from foreclosure -- for now. Thanks, in part, to music legend Quincy Jones and contemporary jazz artist Diane Schuur. More than $43,000 poured in -- including donations from Jones and Schuur -- after recent news stories about the Seattle jazz legend's financial woes,...