Quincy Jones dies aged 91

[felixthecat]

Quincy Jones, producer and entertainment powerhouse, dies aged 91

Widely and wildly talented musician and industry mogul worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Will Smith and others

www.theguardian.com

Oh no. The man was a genius

 

[not a trot]

What a man. What a life.

 

[stethoscope]

An immense producer. RIP. Always think of this when I hear his name, and only he could have commanded such an all-star line-up on it...

 

[ska invita]

a classic

 

[blossie33]

Great musician and record producer, a real legend.
RIP Quincy and thanks for all the music.

 

[blossie33]

. oops!

 

[danny la rouge]

 

[The Octagon]

RIP

Probably the single most influential person in 20th Century music, given the breadth of the genres and artists he worked with.

 

[quimcunx]

RIP Quincy Delight Jones.

 

[shifting gears]

Quincy Jones, producer and entertainment powerhouse, dies aged 91

Widely and wildly talented musician and industry mogul worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Will Smith and others

www.theguardian.com

Oh no. The man was a genius

Genius is a much overused word but in this case it doesn’t even go far enough. A towering giant in the entire history of recorded music.

RIP

 

[skyscraper101]

On top of being a musical genius, it could also be said he had a hand in the rise of of Urban75 given his production company was behind The Jenny Jones Show

 

[Voley]

a classic

Came here to post just that. Sampled by all and sundry, what a beautiful tune.

RIP Quincy.

 

[blossie33]

Quincy Jones: 10 songs that explain the music producer's brilliance

The musician, who has died aged 91, was one of the most consequential producers in jazz and pop.

www.bbc.co.uk

Some of his great productions.

 

[hitmouse]

Will always remember him for that amazing interview about the Beatles:

Quincy Jones: 'The Beatles were the worst musicians in the world'

Record producer takes swipes at the Beatles, the ‘machiavellian’ Michael Jackson, U2 and more

www.theguardian.com

In the new interview with New York Magazine, he discussed his first impressions of the Beatles in unsparing terms. “They were the worst musicians in the world,” he told interviewer David Marchese. “They were no-playing motherfuckers. Paul [McCartney] was the worst bass player I ever heard.”

Drummer Ringo Starr came in for particular opprobrium: “And Ringo? Don’t even talk about it.”

Jones recalled arranging Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing for Starr’s 1970 debut solo album Sentimental Journey.

“Ringo had taken three hours for a four-bar thing he was trying to fix on a song. He couldn’t get it. We said: ‘Mate, why don’t you get some lager and lime, some shepherd’s pie, and take an hour-and-a-half and relax a little bit.’”

In the interim, Jones called English jazz drummer Ronnie Verrell into the studio.

“Ronnie came in for 15 minutes and tore it up. Ringo comes back and says: ‘George [Martin], can you play it back for me one more time?’

“So George did, and Ringo says: ‘That didn’t sound so bad.’ And I said: ‘Yeah, motherfucker because it ain’t you.’ Great guy, though.”

That closing "great guy, though" is impeccable comic work.