Also - he was Gordy the sportscaster on âThe Mary Tyler Moore Showâ. But the controversy over him leaving âGood Timesâ was a big deal back when it happened.
Also⊠this is awful⊠trigger warning for suicideâŠ
Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91
Rich, full life and all that, but Iâm certain he still had lots of great music in him which he just didnât had time to write down.
In the late 50âs, Quincy turned to two legendary giants to study music composition, analysis, and theoryâ composers/teachers Olivier Messiaen and Nadia Boulanger. Both were very selective of who they would teach, and only the most promising were chosen for instruction. To that extent, Quincy kept pretty good company., with the following students being of particular note: Daniel Barenboim, Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, Laurence Rosenthal, Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis, and György KurtĂĄg.
Re Quincyâs connection to France, this from Radio France:
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