Quincy Jones, who has died at the age of 91, spent much of his professional life as the coolest man in the room. For much of his seven-decade career, that room was a concert hall or a recording studio. He produced, arranged, composed, conducted and played with many of the greats of American music.
Here are a few of them: Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra (who dubbed Jones “Q”), Count Basie, Sammy
