Known to everyone simply as ‘Q’, Quincy Jones – born in Chicago, Illinois on
March 15, 1933 - has had a huge influence on the course of modern music through
his production, arrangement and composition work with a whole range of artists.
His work has covered many genres including jazz, pop, soul and hip hop. He
started out as a jazz trumpeter, forming his first group as a teenager with Ray
Charles, but left to go on the road with the legendary Lionel Hampton. This led
to arranging work for many seminal jazz figures, including Count Basie, Duke
Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Tommy Dorse...