Quincy Jones RIP

[johncorrigan]

with the phenomenal Hammond Organ player Corey Henry - toward the end of the first half. (Well, phenomenal to me, who knows very little about this genre of music...).

Thanks, CS. I had never heard of Corey Henry till last year when he was involved in the Prom centred on Stevie Wonder's 'Innervisions', and I thought he was wonderful; but that Prom never appeared to listen back to on BBC Sounds. I will certainly tune in to this.

[Serial_Apologist]

He was in Snarky Puppy, by Wiki accounts. Not being a big fan of their kind of flash just goes to show how out of touch I now am with regards to "our music".

[Serial_Apologist]

Obit in UK Jazz News:

http://ukjazznews.com/rip-quincy-jones/

[Ian Thumwood]

I saw Corey Henry a few years back and he was OK but have been disappointed by the over rated Snarky Puppy. They are a pop act.

[Tenor Freak]

I adored Quincy Jones as a producer, not so much of the Michael Jackson material but for others around the 70s and 80s for acts such as The Brothers Johnson and George Benson. For a long time I was fascinated by the opening eight bars of Benson's "Love Times Love" which in retrospect shows Q's jazz roots. His productions allow plenty of space for all the different elements to cohere (according to Rick Beato this is due to his sound engineer, Bruce Swedien, recording the different instruments without compression) and just a bit of reverb.

Q also produced this - a wonderful cover of "Summer in the City" which opens up like a flower with the chorus at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpbK4tLQH_s

And let's not forget Q also conducted Miles' last gig at Montreux with those old Gil Evans charts.

RIP, Q.

Before I go here's a story which may or may not be true, given the source is Popbiatch:

[Alyn_Shipton]

Focusing on his jazz work: https://www.jazzwise.com/news/articl...03-33-03-11-24

[gradus]

Here's Quincy directing the band affectionately accompanying Toots Thielemans in one of Quincy's own compositions,
Eyes of Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA36Anlf1bw

[Tenor Freak]

Gilles Peterson devoted his whole show to Q's career, with a moving tribute including bits of a 2017 interview. Well worth listening to on Sounds:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0024m8q

[Serial_Apologist]

Gilles Peterson devoted his whole show to Q's career, with a moving tribute including bits of a 2017 interview. Well worth listening to on Sounds:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0024m8q

Thanks for that link TS - I have to say I have never, ever listened to BBC6!

[Quarky]

Gilles Peterson devoted his whole show to Q's career, with a moving tribute including bits of a 2017 interview. Well worth listening to on Sounds:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0024m8q

Thanks for link. Much undiscovered for me.

Re. Thriller/Jackson iin which Quincy was involved. I can't imagine why I was transfixed by this in my youth. Revisiting, only the dance sequences seemed worthwhile.

[Ian Thumwood]

Thanks for link. Much undiscovered for me.

Re. Thriller/Jackson iin which Quincy was involved. I can't imagine why I was transfixed by this in my youth. Revisiting, only the dance sequences seemed worthwhile.

I have come to the opposite conclusion and think that you can still hear some of Quincy Jones's jazz origins in his work with Michael Jackson. It is funny to think.that even a year ago.i would have not entertained this idea yet the arrangements are a cut above the rest of pip.at that time. The scores are interesting and juxtaposition horns, strings and different grooves. I do not think Jones was producing rubbish but an elevated quality of pop music only possible from someone with a jazz background.

[Quarky]

Interesting view.
The fact that Thriller is/ was the biggest selling album of all time must count for something. Nevertheless I believe the album Off The Wall is more highly regarded musically, and certainly the jazz elements can be easily heard.

[Jazzrook]

George Wallington with Frank Foster, Dave Burns, Danny Bank, James Cleveland, Oscar Pettiford & Kenny Clarke playing ‘Festival’ arranged by Quincy Jones in 1954:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=_2lYPA2MrXI

JR

[Ian Thumwood]

Interesting view.
The fact that Thriller is/ was the biggest selling album of all time must count for something. Nevertheless I believe the album Off The Wall is more highly regarded musically, and certainly the jazz elements can be easily heard.

Quite intrigued by the stories about Quincy Jones working with Jackson. You get the impression that Jones was frustrated with him either for Jackson blatantly stealing other people's music and passing it off as his own or the use of physical violent to stop Jackson adding squeaks to his vocals instead of focusing on the song.

[Quarky]

Yes, lots of rumours and stories about their falling out. It seems Michael Jackson was mainly responsible.