Musical
maestro Quincy Jones is celebrated on 91热爆 World Service
Quincy
Jones will be 70 on 14 March 2003 and 91热爆 World Service's Jazzmatazz
series will mark his birthday with four special programmes, beginning
28 February, assessing his diverse and influential career.
Alyn
Shipton explores all aspects of Jones' life and work, with contributions
from Quincy himself, plus a mixture of new and archive interviews
ranging from his jazz associates through to pop artists for whom
he has acted as producer.
Quincy
Jones is probably best known as the producer of Michael Jackson's
blockbuster albums Off The Wall and Thriller, which brought him
an unprecedented level of global recognition even though he had
already enjoyed success and acclaim since 1961.
He
has become one of the most famous producers in popular music, working
with distinctive artists such as Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Aretha
Franklin, Rufus & Chaka Khan, George Benson, Donna Summer and
Bono.
He
also produced the momentous We Are The World session in 1985.
Quincy
has produced a dazzling series of albums under his own name that
encompasses a blend of jazz, blues, soul, rock and electronic sounds.
Known
to have his fingers in all pies, he is also a trumpeter, composer
and arranger whose performing, directing and arranging credits encompass
a breathtaking swathe through 20th century music.
The musical genius, who played sessions with Billie Holiday as a
14-year-old, has won 26 Grammy Awards and the Grammy Living Legend
Award.
He
is an Emmy winner and a seven-time Oscar nominee.
Quincy
broke into feature filmmaking as co-producer of the 1985 motion
picture The Color Purple which was nominated for 11 Academy Awards
and he has composed 33 major motion picture scores.
Quincy
Jones has moved through various forms of popular music in his career,
from swing to bebop to rhythm & blues to television and movie
scoring to pop to soul to hip-hop and becoming a major player in
all of them.
Notes
to Editors
Jazzmatazz:
4 x 25 minute programme
Presenter:
Alyn Shipton. Producer: Oliver Jones.
International
Broadcast Times:
West
Africa: | Fri 09.30 rpt Sat 01.30 | Mon 13.30
Europe: | Fri 09.30 rpt 19.30 | Sat 01.30 | Mon 14.30
E and S Africa: Fri 07.30 rpt 19.30 | Sat 01.30
Middle East: | Fri 08.30 rpt 17.30 | Sat 01.30 | Mon 12.30
South Asia: | Thur 22.30 rpt Fri 05.30,14.30 | Mon 09.30, 17.06
East Asia: | Fri 02.30 rpt 15.30, 19.30 | Mon 06.30
Americas: | Fri 14.30 rpt Sat 01.30 | Mon 20.30 | Tues 04.06, 06.30
Listen
online: from Friday 28 February (updated weekly Fridays) at
- choose Jazzmatazz from the drop down list of programmes.
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