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RIP to a legend

Damn, he was a legend for sure.


Also, after seeing the title, I'm glad this didn't end up being a Quincy Morgan post.

lol . I didn’t know Quincy Jones had died but I knew by the thread title that he wasn’t talking about Quincy Morgan.

Jones is legendary, he even got Will Smith on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air when Smith was basically a nobody.

RIP Quincy.

He helped make a lotta lotta records.

I'm not ready to talk about this, because I have so much to say.
A million words get jumbled- and they all get in the way.

I'm hurting (and feeling loss) in ways that I cannot describe.

I've only been hit like this a handful of times, over my many years of music performance and fandom.
This is why:

Quincy Jones' bio


This has been a difficult week for me to navigate. I still have to do my job, while also mourning Q's passing.
I'll get back to this thread with deeper thoughts when I'm able.


Bent, but not broken,
clem.

Sad to hear that he passed. Early 90’s, my buddy loved that “Back on the Block” album.

Sometimes the world is graced with a shining light. Quincy Jones was one such light.

LOL...along those lines, I started to laugh when I saw the thread title and was thinking Quincy Carrier.

j/c

Q wrote this in about 20 minutes.
It is featured on his '73 album "You Got it Bad, Girl."



Personnel (wow!)
Q: composer, arranger
Dave Grusin: electric piano,
Phil Woods: alto sax
Earnie Watts: tenor sax
Bob James: Hammond B3
Ray Brown: bass
Bobbye Porter: percussion
'Junior' Morgan: bass harmonica, soprano blues harmonica

Here is the official version:

Now that song is stuck in my head, Clem!

That's just how good he was, bro!