Spanning 70 years and towering roles as a musician, songwriter/ composer, producer, arranger, entrepreneur and more, Quincy Jones’ career in music is unparalleled. Jones — “Q” to friends and ...

In 1959, Phoebe Jacobs was working for an upscale jazz club, Basin Street East, owned by her uncle, Ralph Watkins. As part of her job, Jacobs served as a general assistant and “go-fer” for the ...

For decades, he had many of the pop world’s best players on call — and knew how to coax out their sharpest performances. By Ben Sisario “Quincy called me.” That is the opening line of the best stories ...