The HistoryMakers video oral history with Quincy Jones.
| Other author/creator | Jones, Quincy, 1933- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Ifill, Gwen interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Format | Video (Streaming) and Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.340 |
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| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Quincy Jones |
| Portion of title | Quincy Jones |
| Abstract | Composer and music producer Quincy Jones was born on March 14, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. Jones studied trumpet and singing at the age of twelve. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where he remained until he began touring with Lionel Hampton's band. By the mid-1950s, he was arranging and recording for artists like Sarah Vaughan and Ray Charles. In 1963, he won his first Grammy Award for his arrangement of "I Can't Stop Loving You." He composed musical scores for Hollywood films and television shows including The Pawnbroker, In The Heat of the Night and Sanford & Son. In 1985, Jones produced The Color Purple. In 1990, Jones formed Quincy Jones Entertainment and served as CEO and chairman. In 1994, Jones formed Qwest Broadcasting, one of the largest minority-owned broadcasting companies in the United States. In 1997, he formed the Quincy Jones Media Group. |
| Performer | Gwen Ifill, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2007 September 27. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2007.340 HistoryMakers |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |