Quincy Jones News

"I was born to do this", says singer, song writer and virtuoso bass player Eric 'EQ' Young, and who could disagree as his new R&B smash single "Never Stop Loving" soars the Billboard Top 25 Hot Singles Sales Chart and the Top 10 Billboard Hip Hop and R&B Singles Sales Chart .

TELEVISION and film director Gavin Taylor, who worked with some of the greatest stars in music, has died at the age of 72. Among those he immortalised on film were Michael Jackson, U2, Sting, Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Bryan Adams and Quincy Jones.

Words by Amber McKynzie With the last name Jones, there's no question that success is literally right around the corner, at least that's true in Hollywood.

For the past 35 years, the Playboy Jazz Festival has brought some of the greatest musicians in the world to the stage of the Hollywood Bowl for two days of nonstop stellar entertainment.

Atlanta-based Morehouse College will host a star-studded tribute at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to raise money for the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center, which is the centerpiece of a larger complex, the Morehouse College Center for the Arts.

Stephen Bruner, a.k.a. Thundercat, isn't the man he used to be. Once a renowned bass player with acts ranging from Suicidal Tendencies and Snoop Dogg to Sa-Ra and Erykah Badu, Bruner has slowly but surely stepped into the role of a frontman on his first two solo albums -- "The Golden Age of the Apocalypse" and "Apocalypse" -- the latter of which ... (more)

Friends and fellow instrumentalists are saying farewell to Savannah musician Ben Tucker by filling the streets with the sounds of jazz.

Friends and family of Georgia musician Ben Tucker are planning to say farewell with a New Orleans-style jazz funeral.

Tragic end: Jazz musician Ben Tucker, pictured here performing during his 80th birthday, was killed when a golf cart he was riding in was struck by a vehicle in Georgia Legendary jazz bassist Ben Tucker who performed with stars from Quincy Jones to Peggy Lee was killed in a Georgia crash Tuesday at age 82. Tucker was driving a golf cart across a ... (more)

Words by Amber McKynzie With the last name Jones, there's no question that success is literally right around the corner, at least that's true in Hollywood.

By Quincy Jones, who is a record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, television producer, trumpeter, educational philanthropist, and XPRIZE Visioneer.

Musician Ben Tucker performed with stars from Quincy Jones to Peggy Lee before he settled in the 1970s in Savannah, where the jazz bassist became one of the Georgia city's best-known working musicians.

In an April 1, 2010 photo Ben Tucker performs for his 80th Birthday Celebration at the Charles H. Morris Center in Savannah Ga.

In an April 1, 2010 photo Ben Tucker performs for his 80th Birthday Celebration at the Charles H. Morris Center in Savannah Ga.

Miles Davis with Quincy Jones and The Gil Evans Orchestra - Live at Montreux 1991: The song is "Summertime," and features Miles ,conducted by his longtime friend Quincy Jones, and the Gil Evans Orchestra at the 1991 concert at the jazz festival in Montreux, Switzerland.

Quincy Jones, left, and Emily Bear arrive at The Recording Academy's 4th Annual "An Evening of Jazz" at The Village Recording Studios, Feb.

You might not know Pharrell Williams, but you most certainly know his work. That's because this multiple award-winning artist is responsible for producing some of the biggest hits of the past two decades, including songs by Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Ludacris, to name but a few.

Her melodic touch on the keys gives insight to her future. A child prodigy some say, however seeing her in a live performance can make that term an under statement.

Miles Davis once snapped at an elderly dowager at some New York party who asked who he was: "I reinvented music four or five times... who the hell are you?" He wasn't blowing smoke.

Quincy Jones and some of his biggest stars came to Atlanta on Thursday night to celebrate the 100 years of progress the American Cancer Society has made in the battle against cancer.