Toward the end of his association with the label, Jones turned his attention to another musical area that had been closed to blacks-the world of film scores. When he became vice-president at Mercury Records in 1961, Jones became the first high-level black executive of an established major record company. Jones won the first of his many Grammy Awards in 1963 for his Count Basie arrangement of “I Can’t Stop Loving You.” Jones’ three-year musical association as conductor and arranger with Frank Sinatra in the mid-1960s also teamed him with Basie for the classic Sinatra At The Sands, containing the famous arrangement of “Fly Me To The Moon.” Jones’ love affair with European audiences continues through the present: in 1991, he began a continuing association with the Montreux Jazz and World Music Festival, which he serves as co-producer. Among the artists he recorded in Europe were Charles Aznavour, Jacques Brel and Henri Salvador, as well as such visitors from America as Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine and Andy Williams. To subsidize his studies, he took a job with Barclay Disques, Mercury’s French distributor. In 1957, Jones decided to continue his musical education by studying with Nadia Boulanger, the legendary Parisian tutor to American expatriate composers such as Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copeland. By the mid-1950s, he was arranging and recording for such diverse artists as Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Dinah Washington. He moved on to New York and the musical “big leagues” in 1951, where his reputation as an arranger grew. His musical studies continued at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where he remained until the opportunity arose to tour with Lionel Hampton’s band as a trumpeter, arranger and sometime-pianist. While in junior high school, Jones began studying trumpet and sang in a Gospel quartet at age twelve. Quincy Jones was born on March 14, 1933, in Chicago, Illinois, and brought up in Seattle, Washington. As a master inventor of musical hybrids, he has shuffled pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, African and Brazilian music into many dazzling fusions, traversing virtually every medium, including records, live performance, movies and television. Want to get in touch with us about anything? We are here! Just drop us a quick note with any of your questions, comments or concerns.An impresario in the broadest and most creative sense of the word, Quincy Jones’ career has encompassed the roles of composer, record producer, artist, film producer, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, television producer, record company executive, magazine founder and multi-media entrepreneur. Nashville musicians and hit songwriters perform several times throughout the year. Check our events page to see our weekly performers! The Rivershed Stage offers a unique and comfortable space for local and touring musicians to perform. Our bar boasts 20 draft lines which are committed to the latest and best craft beers. Live music is played all day while Chef Nevin Perry and Chef Jon Jones serve their Southern inspired brunch menu which is served alongside the regular menu starting at 10AM. Sundays you can find yourself part of the “brunch squad” at Rivershed’s Live Country Brunch. The Rivershed menu offers something for everyone and Chef Nevin Perry has created a wide variety of menu items with specialties being burgers, tacos, barbecue and of course craft beer.īoth Chef Nevin Perry and Chef Jon Jones also work together to create special food menus that brings flavors from around the world, right to you. Opening its doors in November of 2020, the Rivershed Braintree the second location of the hugely successful restaurant inspired by owner Kara Tondorf’s love for the food, music, and culture in Nashville, TN.
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