On Q: Quincy Jones chronicles his life, loves and legacy

From: New Pittsburgh Courier | Date: October 31, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

On Q: Quincy Jones chronicles his life, loves and legacy

The man known as Q is telling all--from A to Z-- in "Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones" (Doubleday, $26), a candid, shocking and sometimes funny account of his extraordinary half-century of music making.

Co-written with author, songwriter and former Washington Post reporter James McBride, "Q" covers far-reaching terrain--from Jones' rough-and-tumble upbringing on Chicago's South Side where he experienced minor skirmishes with the law and the unrelenting poverty that caused his family to sometimes eat rats, to his bout with a brain ...

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