Q - The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
Summary
The feel-good place to buy books
Q - The Autobiography of Quincy Jones by Quincy Jones
The long-awaited autobiography of one of the most successful black entrepreneurs of our times.
With the help of his friends, Jones has composed a life story that gives much more than the typical celebrity memoir
there aren't many musicians who came of age in the bebop era who relate with equal ardor to the hip-hop world, making this possibly the only book that fans of Duke Ellington and Tupac Shakur alike might agree on * Entertainment Weekly *
"a life story that gives much more than the typical celebrity memoir" - Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *
an appealingly convivial blur of deal-making, celebrity anecdotes and professional comebacks * The New Yorker *
there aren't many musicians who came of age in the bebop era who relate with equal ardor to the hip-hop world, making this possibly the only book that fans of Duke Ellington and Tupac Shakur alike might agree on * Entertainment Weekly *
"a life story that gives much more than the typical celebrity memoir" - Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *
an appealingly convivial blur of deal-making, celebrity anecdotes and professional comebacks * The New Yorker *
Quincy Jones was born in Chicago in 1933 and started playing the trumpet at the age of twelve. He is the most nominated Grammy artist, with a total of 76, and has won 26 Grammy Awards (the second highest amount) and several Oscar nominations. During his fifty-year career, he has picked up hundreds of awards and accolades and has worked with many of the major influential musical artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780340717295 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340717297 |
| Title | Q - The Autobiography of Quincy Jones |
| Author | Quincy Jones |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2002-05-16 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |