Quincy Jones' New CD Mixes and Matches Artists

From: Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR) | Date: November 12, 1995 | Copyright information
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Impresario Quincy Jones talks about his new CD, "Q's Jook Joint," with featured artists like Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Bono, and Phil Collins. The album features songs in the jook joint tradition.

LIANE HANSEN, Host: Musician, band leader, producer, and impresario Quincy Jones has been there and done that for almost five decades. He's produced mega hits with Michael Jackson, blown trumpet for Lionel Hampton, and led big bands with Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah...

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