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Quincy Jones

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...