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Quincy Jones, who died Sunday at age 91, spent his formative musical years in Seattle, and always expressed a warm and lasting loyalty to the city.
SEATTLE — Across western Washington, people are remembering the life and career of Quincy Jones. Jones passed away on Sunday at the age of 91, surrounded by loved ones at his home in California.
Quincy Jones, the multitalented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and ...
SEATTLE — The ultimate tastemaker, Quincy Jones, produced more than five decades of great music. He wrote arrangements for Frank Sinatra, produced Michael Jackson's “Thriller” - the best ...
Quincy Jones gave the Puget Sound region more than just his musical talents; he gave Seattle and Bremerton bragging rights. Jones was born in Chicago but spent eight years in Washington — four ...
Seattle born comedian Quincy Jones was diagnosed with cancer and given a year to live. A year later, he's still performing comedy.
In 1947, after Jones’s father remarried, he moved his sons, his new wife, and her three children, to Seattle. Jones started at Garfield High School and quickly met fellow student Charlie Taylor ...
Quincy Jones: the genuine musical genius who reinvented cool - Following news of the musician and producer’s death at 91, ...
The standard set by Quincy Jones will be hard to beat. From Michael Jackson to Frank Sinatra, ... near Seattle, where Jones broke into a recreation center and first touched a piano.
At 14, Seattle's Quincy Jones was a raggedy kid with a real goal. He wanted to be like his friend Ray Charles. At 16, blind, black and orphaned, Charles had an apartment, a glamorous older ...
SEATTLE — The ultimate tastemaker, Quincy Jones, produced more than five decades of great music. He wrote arrangements for Frank Sinatra, produced Michael Jackson's “Thriller” - the best ...