The HistoryMakers video oral history with Quincy Jones.

Composer and music producer Quincy Jones was born on March 14, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. Jones studied trumpet and singing at the age of twelve. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where he remained until he began touring with Lionel Hampton's band. By the mid-1950s, he was arranging and...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Jones, Quincy, 1933- (Interviewee)
Ifill, Gwen (Interviewer)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Jones, Quincy, > 1933- > Interviews.
Jones, Quincy, > 1933-
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Entertainment Chief Executive > Music Composer and Arranger > Musician > Music Producer.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Composer and music producer Quincy Jones was born on March 14, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. Jones studied trumpet and singing at the age of twelve. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where he remained until he began touring with Lionel Hampton's band. By the mid-1950s, he was arranging and recording for artists like Sarah Vaughan and Ray Charles. In 1963, he won his first Grammy Award for his arrangement of "I Can't Stop Loving You." He composed musical scores for Hollywood films and television shows including The Pawnbroker, In The Heat of the Night and Sanford & Son. In 1985, Jones produced The Color Purple. In 1990, Jones formed Quincy Jones Entertainment and served as CEO and chairman. In 1994, Jones formed Qwest Broadcasting, one of the largest minority-owned broadcasting companies in the United States. In 1997, he formed the Quincy Jones Media Group.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:01:00:00
Participant or Performer:
Gwen Ifill, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2007 September 27.
Source of Description:
Vendor-supplied metadata.