$2,500
ORIS "Oris Full Steel Chronometer", Cal. 646 7496. Donated by Quincy Jones and Oris Notes Quincy Jones 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, TV producer, record company executive, magazine founder and multi-media entrepreneur. 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. Celebrating his 50th year performing and being involved in music, Jones' creative magic has spanned over six decades, beginning with the music of the post-swing era and continuing through today's high-technology, international multi-media hybrids. In the mid-50's, he was the first popular conductor-arranger to record with a Fender bass. His theme from the hit TV series "Ironside " was the first synthesizer-based pop theme song. As the first black composer to be embraced by the Hollywood establishment in the 60's, he helped refresh movie music with badly needed infusions of jazz and soul. His landmark 1989 album, BACK ON THE BLOCK was named "Album Of The Year " at the 1990 Grammy Awards and brought such legends as Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Miles Davis together with Ice T, Big Daddy Kane and Melle Mel to cre Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-02-24
