This Netflix documentary is amazing and so inspiring. Highly, highly recommended for everyone but especially anyone interested in music.
If you’re not familiar with Quincy Jones, here is a short list of things he is responsible for:
- Michael Jackson’s Thriller (and Off the Wall, Bad)
- Vibe Magazine
- “We Are the World“
- Arranged music for Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Dinah Washington, to name a few
- Arranged the music for Frank Sinatra’s music at his peak
- Scored In Cold Blood, The Italian Job, The Wiz, and countless others
- That opening theme song from Austin Powers
- Produced Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Discovered Oprah
#NBD.