Quincy Jones
Subtitle: his life in music
By: Clarence Bernard Henry
Series: American made music series; American made music series
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781617038617
Subjects: Biography; Jazz musicians
Description: Quincy Jones (b. 1933) is one of the most prolific composers, arrangers, bandleaders, producers, and humanitarians in American music history and the recording and film industries. Among pop music fans he is perhaps most famous for producing Michael Jackson's album, Thriller. Clarence Bernard Henry focuses on the life, music, career, and legacy of Jones within the social, cultural, historical, and artistic context of American, African American, popular, and world music traditions. Jones's career has spanned over sixty years, generating a substantial body of work with over five hundr.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-165), discography (pages 113-124), and index.
Table of contents: title: A retrospective of Quincy Jones : an American music icon; title: The Quincy Jones bands; title: Composer + arranger = "Q"; title: The great wide world of Quincy Jones in the popular music recording industry; title: On "Q" in Hollywood; title: Finale. How does Quincy Jones keep the music playing?; title: Appendix I. Albums, singles, film scores and soundtracks, and television scores; title: Appendix II. Awards, honors, and special recognition.