MP3 Exclusives New Arrivals   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Metal Pop Punk R&B Rap/Hip Hop Reggae Rock   Top Downloads Features Archive Contests Control Panel MUSICBLITZ Alert!   METALBLITZ REGGAEBLITZ BLUESBLITZ Musician's Friend   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Hip Hop Metal Pop Punk R&B Reggae Rock   Getting Started Free Players	Welcome !      Quincy Jones Big Band For more than half a century, the artist known simply as “Q” has made an indelible mark on myriad musical genres. Jazz, funk, R&B, pop, and hip-hop all have been touched by this Chicago-born trumpeter, who joined the Lionel Hampton Orchestra as a teenager in 1951. Playing alongside jazz legends Clifford Brown and Art Farmer, Jones discovered early in his career that his real genius lay in arranging. He spent the ‘50s writing charts for Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, and Cannonball Adderly; near the end of the decade, he moved to Paris to serve as in-house arranger and producer for the Barclay label. At the same time, Jones led his own Big Band on a European tour, but by 1961 he was back in the States, where he joined the A&R Department at Mercury Records. The ‘60s saw Jones record more than a dozen Mercury albums as a bandleader, exploring ways that jazz could reach a wider audience via covers of popular standards. This period also was marked by straight swing sessions as well as movie themes with Henry Mancini. In 1969, Jones joined the newly-formed A&M Records, and turned his focus to writing his own film and TV themes (including the funk-fueled title music for TV’s “Sanford And Son”). As the ‘80s dawned, the artist added label executive to his resume, founding the Qwest imprint through A&M. Here he teamed with Motown expatriate Michael Jackson to executive produce a trio of the self-proclaimed King Of Pop’s career-defining hits: Off the Wall (1979), the record-shattering Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987). The next decade would see Jones revive his own solo career with the superstar sampler Back on the Block (1989), featuring Ray Charles, Ice-T, and jazz legend Miles Davis. The following year, Jones convinced Davis to participate in a live show in Montreux that revisited the trumpeter’s famed collaborations with arranger Gil Evans; the recording of the historic concert is a priceless document as Davis died later in 1991. Jones’ 1995 album Q’s Jook Joint remained in the vein of Back on the Block, with an updated guest list that featured R&B chanteuse Brandy and U2’s Bono. The 1999 release From Q With Love, followed with a two-disc recap of some of Jones’ brightest career highlights.     Quincy Jones Big Band Birth of Band MP3 Jazz Live in Lausanne, Q and crew blew tight and tasty on this big band boom unearthed from the vault!
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