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Article: Q and A: Improvisation a key in Quincy Jones' life.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- October 24, 2001
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. _ Quincy Delight Jones, the consummate "old pro," is telling stories from the distant past as if they happened yesterday. He roars through the interview ritual he's endured so often, generous with his wisdom, quick to resurrect long-gone sidemen to animate his reminiscences.
But there's one question that stops the garrulous producer, composer, arranger and media mogul in his tracks.
Why him?
Of all of the incandescent talents to come out of the 1940s bebop revolution, why did this former trumpeter emerge with the gaudiest resume, the most active Rolodex?
How did the "raggedy" kid from Chicago's South Side, who was ...