Quincy Jones
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Podcast Appearances
I was 18 then, and I was ready. I was told at school I'd be back. I guess down inside, you know when you go with a band like that, you never go back.
I was 18 then, and I was ready. I was told at school I'd be back. I guess down inside, you know when you go with a band like that, you never go back.
Well, that incident happened when we were playing at a place on Broadway called right next door to Birdland. I mean, totally adjacent. And both places were downstairs. And we had to wear Tyrolean hats, purple shawl collared coats, and Bermuda shorts.
Well, that incident happened when we were playing at a place on Broadway called right next door to Birdland. I mean, totally adjacent. And both places were downstairs. And we had to wear Tyrolean hats, purple shawl collared coats, and Bermuda shorts.
Well, that incident happened when we were playing at a place on Broadway called right next door to Birdland. I mean, totally adjacent. And both places were downstairs. And we had to wear Tyrolean hats, purple shawl collared coats, and Bermuda shorts.
Oh, I don't know. That's just Hamp's idea. Hamp was like a rock and roll band, and he was the first rock and roll band, because he attacked an audience like a rock and roll band. No prisoners, and he knew how to get them, too.
Oh, I don't know. That's just Hamp's idea. Hamp was like a rock and roll band, and he was the first rock and roll band, because he attacked an audience like a rock and roll band. No prisoners, and he knew how to get them, too.
Oh, I don't know. That's just Hamp's idea. Hamp was like a rock and roll band, and he was the first rock and roll band, because he attacked an audience like a rock and roll band. No prisoners, and he knew how to get them, too.
Yes, and they'd walk in the theaters, they'd walk, they had thin-soled shoes, and walk over the audience's heads with these thin-soled shoes on top of their chairs, you know. It was absolutely incredible.
Yes, and they'd walk in the theaters, they'd walk, they had thin-soled shoes, and walk over the audience's heads with these thin-soled shoes on top of their chairs, you know. It was absolutely incredible.
Yes, and they'd walk in the theaters, they'd walk, they had thin-soled shoes, and walk over the audience's heads with these thin-soled shoes on top of their chairs, you know. It was absolutely incredible.
He had this sense of show business, but he had a lot of music in the band because, you know, they had people like Wes Montgomery and Charlie Mingus and Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, amazing musicians in the band. And I loved Hamford having that ambidexterity because he liked great music, but he also liked to level his audience and take no prisoners. Until they were wrung out, he was not satisfied.
He had this sense of show business, but he had a lot of music in the band because, you know, they had people like Wes Montgomery and Charlie Mingus and Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, amazing musicians in the band. And I loved Hamford having that ambidexterity because he liked great music, but he also liked to level his audience and take no prisoners. Until they were wrung out, he was not satisfied.
He had this sense of show business, but he had a lot of music in the band because, you know, they had people like Wes Montgomery and Charlie Mingus and Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, amazing musicians in the band. And I loved Hamford having that ambidexterity because he liked great music, but he also liked to level his audience and take no prisoners. Until they were wrung out, he was not satisfied.
Well, that particular night, he had this favorite thing he'd like to do. He'd have everybody, he'd get his drumsticks and start a whole line, almost like a conga line. The saxophone section would follow him around the audience. He'd go around and beat the drumsticks on everybody's table. The trumpets and trombones were right behind him playing Flying Home. Then he'd go upstairs.
Well, that particular night, he had this favorite thing he'd like to do. He'd have everybody, he'd get his drumsticks and start a whole line, almost like a conga line. The saxophone section would follow him around the audience. He'd go around and beat the drumsticks on everybody's table. The trumpets and trombones were right behind him playing Flying Home. Then he'd go upstairs.
Well, that particular night, he had this favorite thing he'd like to do. He'd have everybody, he'd get his drumsticks and start a whole line, almost like a conga line. The saxophone section would follow him around the audience. He'd go around and beat the drumsticks on everybody's table. The trumpets and trombones were right behind him playing Flying Home. Then he'd go upstairs.