RIP Quincy Jones

[Gomez Adams]

91 Years old. That's a good, long life. Still sucks though. All the titans are leaving us.

Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

Jones' publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday night at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, surrounded by his family.

apnews.com

 

[Zeedox]

He knew everyone

Jones kept company with presidents and foreign leaders, movie stars and musicians, philanthropists and business leaders. He toured with Count Basie and Lionel Hampton, arranged records for Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, composed the soundtracks for “Roots” and “In the Heat of the Night,” organized President Bill Clinton’s first inaugural celebration and oversaw the all-star recording of “We Are the World,” the 1985 charity record for famine relief in Africa.

 

[Gomez Adams]

I did not know he toured with Count Basie.

Wow. Just fucking wow.