Quincy Jones
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The Black Godfather: Clarence Avant and the Successful Six Degrees of Separation
Life begins with a number and ends with a number. It’s a phrase often repeated by music executive Clarence Avant, almost like a mantra. And it couldn’t be more true, not only in Avant’s industry but in his personal life as well. When it comes to the number of lives Avant has touched throughout the…
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Rashida and Kidada Jones Say Goodbye to Mother Peggy Lipton
It was a sad Mother’s Day for Rashida and Kidada Jones after the death of their mother, actress Peggy Lipton, on Saturday, following a battle with cancer. Lipton was 72. Her daughters issued a statement to the Los Angeles Times, writing: “She made her journey peacefully with her daughters and nieces by her side. ……
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28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB | Day 27: Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones by Quincy Jones
Publisher Synopsis (via B&N): 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…
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2019 Grammys: Cardi B Makes History Moves to Become the 1st Solo Female Rap Artist to Win Best Rap Album [Updated]
Music’s biggest night came, saw, and conquered. For the first time, after watching the Grammys all of my life, I had the pleasure of covering the event from the press room at the Staples Center—and it was quite the experience. “Music is what we cry to, it’s what we march to, it’s what we rock…
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African American Film Critics Association Names Quincy Jones 2019 Special Achievement Honoree
How many ways are there to honor the legendary Quincy Jones? How about “One Hundred Ways”… and more! The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) have found one of those ways, and will be bestowing its 2019 Special Achievement honor onto the music icon. “Quincy Jones is a cultural icon,” said AAFCA co-founder Shawn Edwards…
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At 93, Cicely Tyson Gets Her 1st Oscar—and Danai Gurira Gets Mistaken for Viola Davis?
It was an honor more than 45 years in the making, but Cicely Tyson finally took home an Oscar on Sunday night at the 10th annual Governors Awards in Hollywood, Ca. Voted on by the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Governors Awards were created to grant honorary…
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Quincy Jones’ Daughters Told Him to STFU
We’ve all heard the saying “Loose lips sink ships,” and apparently Quincy Jones’ daughters had enough of him running his lips and airing people’s business in order to promote himself. Earlier this month, in various interviews, Jones alleged that Michael Jackson stole music and that Richard Pryor and Marlon Brando had sex with each other,…