Music and film stars celebrate late entertainment icon, with Smith calling him ‘the true definition of a mentor, a father and a friend’• How hit-making legend Quincy Jones created superstars and changed pop history
• 10 of Quincy Jones’s greatest productionsStars including Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey and Stevie Wonder have paid tribute to Quincy Jones, who died this week aged 91.Following a career as a producer, multi-instrumentalist, conductor as well as a film producer, in 1990 Jones produced the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which gave Smith his first ever acting role. Jones brokered the casting in an impromptu audition by Smith – then known purely as a rapper – to NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff at a party at Jones’s home, with a contract drawn up that night. Continue reading…
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Author : Ben Beaumont-Thomas
Publish date : 2024-11-05 08:30:32
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Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney and more pay tribute to Quincy Jones
