NEW YORK, Nov 4 — Quincy Jones, who has died at the age of 91, was a jazzman, composer and tastemaker whose studio chops and arranging prowess connected the dots between the 20th...
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The child of Chicago’s south side produced everyone from Aretha Franklin to Celine Dion, and triggered a cultural earthquake in launching the solo career of one young Jackson — a musical marriage that produced “Thriller” and changed pop forever. He and his brother Lloyd lived with their grandmother, a former slave, in Louisville, Kentucky, a period during which he has recalled eating pan-fried rats.“I wanted to be a gangster until I was 11,” Jones said in the 2018 Netflix documentary on his illustrious career, directed by his daughter, actress Rashida Jones.The elder Jones moved the two boys to Seattle, where Quincy discovered a knack for the piano at a recreation centre — and history began.
Finding himself in deep debt, Jones joined the business side of music, getting a job at Mercury Records where he eventually rose to the role of vice president. While producing the soundtrack for the musical “The Wiz” starring Diana Ross and Jackson, Jones started the partnership that would birth “Thriller” — thought to be the industry’s best-selling album ever.
Jones started a label, founded a hip-hop magazine, and produced the 1990s hit television show “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”, discovering Will Smith. “When you’ve been a dog all your life, God gives you beautiful daughters and you have to suffer. I love ‘em so much. They’re here all the time,” he told the magazine.
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