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JONES,QUINCY: : THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF QUINCY JONES

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2001.

ISBN 0340717289.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges lightly, uniformly toned and bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain red cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,x-xiiipp+2- 412pp [paginated] includes contents list/ table,37 chapters includes an epilogue,48pp contemporary auto+biographical b/w photographs in 3 blocks of 16pp apiece, between pp112/3,pp208/9 and pp288/9 respectively,acknowledgements,discography,a filmography,Awards and honours,an index and photograph credits.Plus [unpaginated] subject/author's b/w portrait photographic vignetted half-title page,double-page title-page,double-page subject/author b/w portrit photographic frntis,a dedication, and 4pp blanks at the rear of the book. Qunicy Jones' creative magic has spanned over six decdes - as musician,producer, arranger,composer,entertainer,entrepreneur extraordinaire,he stands today as one of the most successful and admired artists in the entertainment world.Beginning with the music of the post-swing era and continuing through to taoday's high-technology,multi- media hybrids,Qunicy's life has crossed jazz,pop, soul,TV and film. This compelling account of an incredible life tells of Quincy's trials and tribulations as well as the countless success stories.He writes movingly of his childhood,when his schizophrenic mother was taken away in front of him in a strait-jacket and he and his brother spent summers at his grandma's shack in Louisville eating fried rats for dinner.Quincy discovered his remarkable musical talent at the age of eleven and it became his salvation.His move to New York saw him meeting and playing with all his jazz heroes including Charles Mingus,Charlie Parker,Dizzy Gillespie,Miles Davis and Count Basie. From the early success of producing his first number one record through working on many albums and film and TV scores,to producing Michael Jackson's record-breaking album 'Thriller' which sold 50 million copies,Qunicy and his closest friends and family relate the whole story. In this stylish and candid memoir,he reveals the truth about his private life, touching on his many wives and children.His story is packed with countless anecdotes about his equally famous friends,from Miles Davis to Ray Charles,Bill Clinton,Picasso, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson.In this long-awaited autobiography of one of the most successful black entrepreneurs of our times,Qunicy Jones paints the scenes he's lived,the moments he's relished and the wisdom he's picked uo along the way. Quincy Jones was born in Chicago in 1933 and started playing the trumpet at the age of twelve.He is the most nominted 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. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in 2016 too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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