Night Music with Quincy Jones

The Smooth Jazz Kitchen with Chef Bruce Buege

His career spanned 70 years, with 28 Grammy Awards won out of 80 nominations, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Chicago's Quincy Delight Jones Jr. left us today at the age of 91. He came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. From Sinatra to Aretha Franklin to Ray Charles to Donna Summer and many, many others too numerous to mention, he's probably best known for USA For Africa's We Are The World project and Michael Jackson's Thriller (still the biggest selling album of all time with over 51.3 million copies sold).
I wanted to do something of his today and chose, like I did with Sanborn, to do a Night Music featuring some of his more romantic pop/r'n'b work. But I could have picked thousands of more directions to go with this one. I hope you enjoy the music and can share some good memories with someone close to you tonight. And thank you Q for all you left behind for us. Rest in peace and harmony Maestro...
00:00 Prelude & The Erotic Garden (After Hours Version) feat Al B. Sure!, Barry White, El DeBarge, James Ingram & Siedah Garrett
00:09 If This Time Is the Last Time feat. Patti Austin
00:14 How do You Keep the Music Playing feat Patti Austin & James Ingram
00:18 You Put a Move on My Heart feat Tamia
00:24 Everything feat Tevin Campbell
00:28 Love Dance feat George Benson
00:31 At the End of the Day (Grace)
00:39 If I Ever Lose This Heaven feat Leon Ware, Minnie Riperton & Al Jarreau
00:44 Septembro (Brazilian Wedding Song) feat Sarah Vaughan & Take 6
00:49 Just Once feat James Ingram
00:53 Velas feat Toots Thielemans
00:57 Baby, Come to Me feat Patti Austin & James Ingram
01:01 Slow Jams feat Babyface, Tamia, Portrait & Barry White
01:08 One Hundred Ways feat James Ingram
01:13 Everything Must Change feat Benard Ighner
01:18 Something I Cannot Have feat Catero
01:22 Turn Out the Lamplight by George Benson
01:28 Love Me By Name feat Patti Austin
01:32 Heaven's Girl feat Aaron Hall, Charlie Wilson, Naomi Campbell, R. Kelly & Ronald Isley
01:36 Angel by Aretha Franklin
01:41 The Midnight Sun Never Set by The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz

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