Quincy Jones
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
Musician, composer, producer, arranger, and pioneering entrepreneur Quincy Jones has lived large and worked for five decades alongside the superstars of music and entertainment -- including Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Ray Charles, Will Smith, and dozens of others. Q is his glittering and moving life story, told with the style, passion, and no-holds-barred honesty that are his trademarks.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Examines the lives of the musicians who showed up for a now-famous photograph in front of a Harlem brownstone in 1958. Through remarkable interviews with nearly 30 jazz greats, home movies shot by Milt and Mona Hinton, and rare, archival performance footage, this film tells the story behind a legendary photograph.
Spitball story: Dizzy Gillespie, was known for playing practical jokes. But when a fed-up Cab Calloway fired him, Dizzy had the last laugh....
18) Cactus flower
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Toni Simmons believes that the only reason her married lover won't leave his wife is because of the children. In truth, her lover, dentist Julian Winston, doesn't have any children. In fact, Julian doesn't even have a wife - he just tells women he does to avoid getting involved. When Julian does decide to take the plunge with Toni she insists on meeting the first wife and Julian enlists the aid of his long-time nurse/receptionist Stephanie Dickinson...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Depicts the remarkable story of 93-year-old jazz legend Clark Terry. A living monument to the Golden Era of Jazz, having played in both the Duke Ellington and Count Basie bands. He broke racial barriers on American television and mentored the likes of Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, but his most unlikely friendship is with Justin Kauflin, a 23-year old blind piano prodigy. Justin, fighting a debilitating case of stage fright, is invited to compete in...