Quincy Jones by Cabu

An anthology 1951/1959

Whoever says Quincy Jones immediately thinks of Michael Jackson , Aretha Franklin , James Ingram , Donna Summer , We Are The World , Patti Austin , Lesley Gore , Frank Sinatra , all these fruitful collaborations tied thread by thread on the skein of a certain pop music consensual and crowned with global success since the seventies until today... But as the person himself says in his autobiography: "I am a bopper at heart and I will always remain so. "

And our selection aims to highlight two forgotten facets of the happy producer: that of the leader and arranger of one of the most beautiful big bands in the history of jazz (CD 1) and that of the orchestrator-do -worth of some of the finest second (or even first) knives among jazzmen: Lionel Hampton , Art Farmer , Anthony Ortega , King Pleasure , Lucky Thompson , Helen Merrill , Clark Terry , Dinah Washington , Jimmy Cleveland , Cannonball Adderley , Sonny Stitt , Dizzy Gillespie , Eddie Barclay , Count Basie , Ray Charles and even our national Henri Salvador (CD 2). We will not fail to note that the pen of jazzman Quincy is largely commensurate with his talent in promoting the new stars of the end of the last century...