Quincy went on to arrange and ... 1962’s cold Christmas got steamier when Jones composed and produced this sexy song for his “Big Band Bossa Nova” album and its trend-conscious take on ...

By Ben Sisario Quincy Jones, who died at 91 on Sunday ... Jones’s version of Brazilian music on “Big Band Bossa Nova” is bold and playful, full of whistling flutes, blaring trumpets and ...

The legendary, genre-bending producer Quincy Jones passed away ... already had a significant career. And Jones wasn’t even 30 ...

But so astonishing was the scope of Quincy Jones’ career ... and “The Color Purple”; his 1960s composition “Soul Bossa Nova” became the theme for “Austin Powers”; he wrote the ...

A trip to Brazil in 1961 furnished Quincy with a new source of inspiration and another signature tune, “Soul Bossa Nova”, a swaggering big band blast ... my son (Quincy Jones III) was born ...

Quincy Jones, known to many as ‘Q,’ was revered ... He soon began composing and arranging, including 1962's classic "Soul Bossa Nova" and Lesley Gore's hit "It's My Party," which arrived ...

Mr. Jones poured fizzing piano and saxophones around Dinah Washington’s voice in “I Get a Kick Out of You.” His own carefree standard “Soul Bossa Nova ... 1960s big band, which played ...

When Quincy ... Jones was more than just a behind-the-boards pop star whisperer – he was also an imposing musical talent in his own right, capable of composing everything from jazz to bossa nova ...

It’s been said that everybody knows Quincy Jones’s name even if nobody ... (and while also writing charts for Count Basie’s big band), Jones toggled over to a day job as an A&R man at ...

Quincy Jones ... of the Year. Jones was also the producer behind the charity single We Are The World, written by Jackson and Lionel Richie. The song was inspired by Band Aid’s Do They Know ...

Quincy Jones, the musician ... s Thriller to frequent collaborations with Frank Sinatra, producing the big-screen adaptation of The Color Purple and composing some of the most memorable film ...