Quincy Jones RIP

[Teasing the Korean]

Going through my Quincy Jones jazz LPs, I was once again reminded of the distinctive aroma of Mercury vinyl. No other record label smells like this; acetates are as close as you will get.  I pulled out Great Wide World and I Dig Dancers, and without even taking the LPs out of the sleeves, it hit me instantly.

[JSngry]

Was he the last living member of the 1953 Lionel Hampton Paris band?

[soulpope]

With Sarah Vaughan @ Paris in 1958 (Photography : Jean-Pierre Leloir) ....

[Gheorghe]

I must admit the only Quincy Jones I had heard was when Herwig Wurzer , the Austrian Jazz DJ of the 70´s spinned a record of some straight ahead and very fine big band jazz doin "Straight No Chaser". It was very fine and I had it on caseta since I recorded each weekly hour of "Jazz Shop" on casetofon. 
It was a bit like the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band, anyway at that nivel of playing. 
But later possiblly zero, since I only listen to jazz jazz jazz. The last time I heard something done by him was on the 1991 concert of Miles Davis doing old music again....

[Rabshakeh]

Interesting that the Obits so far appear to be missing what I always regarded as two milestones: the excellent George Benson single, which led the way to the Michael Jackson successes, and the slightly dubious (but surely obit-appropriate) fact that his 1960s jazz hits include what would become the Theme to Austin Powers.

Edited 3 hours ago by Rabshakeh

[mjazzg]

Shhh...don't upset the Jazz Police with this mention of commercial popularity 😀

l saw Austin Powers mentioned at least once yesterday, Channel 4 news I think maybe also in the Guardian's coverage. 

I suspect writers are finding it pretty difficult to get everything in within their word counts, a testimony to his wide range. The Petridis piece in the Guardian is good but even that ends up reading a bit like a list of his collaborations through the years.

[Rabshakeh]

I re-read that Beatles interview he gave a few years ago around once every six months. Those no-playing motherf$¥kers.