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‘I can make a band play like a singer sings’: Quincy Jones shaped our listening for seven decades
The Conversation
05/11/2024
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Abstract
The legendary composer, musical arranger and producer Quincy Jones has died at 91.
Over his long career, Jones arranged and produced for a broad range of genres. His work blended the traditions of jazz, popular, world music and Western classical music.
This was perhaps most present in his 1989 album Back on the Block. It features jazz improvisation, Zulu language, gospel and rapping. The album won seven Grammy Awards, including album of the year.
But even more than his own albums, Jones will be familiar to listeners across decades of popular music, for his work as a producer and arranger with legendary artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Barry White, Chaka Khan, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson.
Details
- Title
- ‘I can make a band play like a singer sings’: Quincy Jones shaped our listening for seven decades
- Creators
- Leigh Carriage - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- The Conversation
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group
- Format
- Magazine Article
- Identifiers
- 991013235413802368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; Creative Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Magazine article