American trumpeter, composer, arranger, conductor and producer Quincy Jones has
established himself as one of the most important musical personalities of the
20th century, beyond jazz. Born Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. in Chicago on March
14, 1933, he grew up in poverty in Seattle, then in Washington, where he became
interested in music. He learned the trumpet and sang in the gospel group The
Jones Boys, then won a scholarship to study in Boston, but left to work as an
arranger in New York. Joining Lionel Hampton's band alongside Clifford Brown and
Art Farmer in 1953, he joined Dizz...