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Quincy Jones

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258 total appearances

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Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

No, I didn't like it. I won't tell Al Gore about that. And so I went to Japan to do a television show and we did a little acting and scoring it. And so I got a call from Irving Green later, and he said, did anybody call you yet? I said, no. I said, did she get that name together yet? Did she come up with any suggestions? She said, the record's number one. Do you really care? I said, no.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

No, I didn't like it. I won't tell Al Gore about that. And so I went to Japan to do a television show and we did a little acting and scoring it. And so I got a call from Irving Green later, and he said, did anybody call you yet? I said, no. I said, did she get that name together yet? Did she come up with any suggestions? She said, the record's number one. Do you really care? I said, no.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

It sounds just fine. It's amazing. It's a big lesson.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

It sounds just fine. It's amazing. It's a big lesson.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

It sounds just fine. It's amazing. It's a big lesson.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

I don't think it came out. I don't think it came out. Leslie's thing had such impact. I don't know. I may be wrong, but I don't think it came out.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

I don't think it came out. I don't think it came out. Leslie's thing had such impact. I don't know. I may be wrong, but I don't think it came out.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

I don't think it came out. I don't think it came out. Leslie's thing had such impact. I don't know. I may be wrong, but I don't think it came out.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

And a long time ago, too.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

And a long time ago, too.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

And a long time ago, too.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

He's an amazing musician.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

He's an amazing musician.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

He's an amazing musician.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

Well, you know, that was Chicago during the Depression in the ghetto. Nobody asked any questions. You know, Chicago also was the spawning ground of every... probably the headquarters spotting ground of every gangster in America, black or white. Roger Tooley, Dillinger, Capone, everybody. So the Jones boys were just, they were one of the first black gangsters. They started the policy rackets.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

Well, you know, that was Chicago during the Depression in the ghetto. Nobody asked any questions. You know, Chicago also was the spawning ground of every... probably the headquarters spotting ground of every gangster in America, black or white. Roger Tooley, Dillinger, Capone, everybody. So the Jones boys were just, they were one of the first black gangsters. They started the policy rackets.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

Well, you know, that was Chicago during the Depression in the ghetto. Nobody asked any questions. You know, Chicago also was the spawning ground of every... probably the headquarters spotting ground of every gangster in America, black or white. Roger Tooley, Dillinger, Capone, everybody. So the Jones boys were just, they were one of the first black gangsters. They started the policy rackets.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

And they also had a five and dime store chain, the Jones Five and Dime, which they used to call the V's and X's. So I'm going to make a trip over to the V's and X's today.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

And they also had a five and dime store chain, the Jones Five and Dime, which they used to call the V's and X's. So I'm going to make a trip over to the V's and X's today.

Fresh Air
Remembering Quincy Jones

And they also had a five and dime store chain, the Jones Five and Dime, which they used to call the V's and X's. So I'm going to make a trip over to the V's and X's today.