{"product_id":"q-9780767905107","title":"Q","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • “One of the most prolific and revered producers in music history” (\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e) recounts his moving life story and decades working alongside superstars like Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, and dozens of others. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[Jones] was orchestrating the sound of America, complicating it while grasping what makes it pop. . . . His music opens one of the most-watched television events ever broadcast (\u003ci\u003eRoots\u003c\/i\u003e) and his production is behind the best-selling album ever recorded (\u003ci\u003eThriller\u003c\/i\u003e).”—Wesley Morris,\u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuincy Jones grew up poor on the mean streets of Chicago’s South Side, brushing against the law and feeling the pain of his mother’s descent into madness. But when his father moved the family west to Seattle, he took up the trumpet and was literally saved by music. A prodigy, he played backup for Billie Holiday and toured the world with the Lionel Hampton Band before leaving his teens. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSoon, though, he found his true calling, inaugurating a career that included arranging albums for Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, and Count Basie; composing the scores of such films as \u003ci\u003eThe Pawnbroker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Heat of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e; producing the bestselling album of all time, Michael Jackson’s \u003ci\u003eThriller\u003c\/i\u003e, and the bestselling single “We Are the World”; and producing and arranging his own highly praised albums, including the Grammy Award–winning \u003ci\u003eBack on the Block\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHis musical achievements, in a career that spans every style of American popular music, yielded an incredible eighty Grammy nominations and twenty-eight wins, and are matched by his record as a pioneering music executive, film and television producer, tireless social activist, and business entrepreneur—one of the most successful black business figures in America. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQ\u003c\/i\u003e is an impressive self-portrait by one of the master makers of American culture, a complex, many-faceted man with far more than his share of talents and an unparalleled vision, as well as some entirely human flaws.","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49938037211479,"sku":"9780767905107","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780767905107.jpg?v=1738718637","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/q-9780767905107","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}