Conversations For March 27, 2009

Quincy Jones talks about what he’s doing now.

Quincy Jones talks about growing up playing different types of music and how that shaped his career and style.

Quincy Jones talks about meeting Michael Jackson on the set of the Wiz, where Michael asked him to produce Thriller.

Quincy Jones talks about his mother and father’s influence on him and why American needs a minister of the arts.

Quincy Jones talks about why he started playing brass instruments, the trumpet in particular and how long it took to actually start scoring movies.

Quincy Jones talks about how he went from wanting to be a gangster to playing piano.

Quincy Jones talks about his new book, The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions, getting his start in Seattle’s jazz scene and having a performing arts center named after him.