Quincy Jones, who passed away Nov. 3, is remembered for a career that ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” to prize-winning film scores. Born in Chicago in 1933, he overcame racial ...
Jones then led his own band through Europe. He was deeply in debt in the early 1960s when he took a job at Mercury Records in New York, becoming one of the first Black executives at a white-owned ...
When Al Sturchio played his trumpet at Spurs games, he excelled at matching his music to the moment. “He understood the game and had a sense about when to play and when not to,” former Spurs media ...
Jones kept company with presidents and foreign leaders, movie stars and musicians ... Laurent Emmanuel/AP] As a music executive, he overcame racial barriers by becoming a vice president at Mercury ...
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