The Legendary Quincy Jones Dies at Age 91
A Brief Commentary by Doug Draper
Posted November 4th, 2024 on Niagara At Large
Michael Jackson (left) and Quincy Jones during their glory days
In the view of this wannabe musicologist, few individuals in the past 60 or more years has put a greater stamp on popular music than Quincy Jones, who died this November 3rd, 2024 at age 91.
From music giants like Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald to Leslie Gore (of ‘It’s My Party’ fame) Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and on and on and on, he arranged and produced some of the best recordings in music history.
Among his crowning achievements as an arranger/producer was Michael Jackson’s blockbuster album ‘Thriller’ and its top-charting single ‘Billie Jean’.
Two musical giants together – Frank Sinatra, left, and Quincy Jones. Jones arranged and produced a few of Sinatra’s most popular albums with Count Basie and his Band backing the singer up.
In 1985, Quincy Jones, a recipient of multiple awards, including an unprecedented 28 Grammys for a music producers who was also known for his social activism, also assembled many of the top performers of the time to record ‘We Are The World’ to raise funds to address a famine that was killing countless thousands in Ethiopia.
To hear and watch Quincy Jones’ production of ‘We Are The World’, with the man himself conducting the great gathering of musicians, click on the screen below –
In these turbulent times, we sure could use a musical production like that now.
R.I.P. to Quincy Jones from a life-long fan
– Doug Draper, Niagara At Large
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