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USC’s ‘Quincy Jones: Beyond Category’ Celebrations Continue With Three Major Events
USC's Thornton School of Music continues its year-long celebration of Quincy Jones’ life and legacy with three major events in the coming weeks.
Working across styles and idioms including classical, jazz, pop, R&B, and film scoring—and breaking ground for African American achievement in the entertainment industries—Jones has garnered the highest levels of critical and commercial acclaim. In addition to his many other accolades, Quincy Jones has had a profound impact on film and television music, producing and composing over 30 scores, including notable works such as The Pawnbroker, In the Heat of the Night, and In Cold Blood. According to Complex, it was “the first periodical to cover rap, R&B, rock, reggae, dance music, fashion, sports, and politics—all through the prism of what people were just beginning to call ‘urban culture.’” The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts notes that “the magazine included interviews with notable figures in American hip-hop, stories showcasing Black intellectuals, such as Dr. Cornel West, and advertised Black-owned businesses such as Phat Farm and FUBU.”
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