The two-night tribute also included performances by Angélique Kidjo, Jacob Collier, Sheléa and Avery Wilson.
“Q, this is for you!” proclaimed singer Patti Austin in kicking off the second of a two-night celebration of Quincy Jones’ 90th birthday at the Hollywood Bowl (July 28-29). The two-and-a-half-hour tribute delivered a power-packed sampling of the music icon’s multifaceted, illustrious career as an artist, producer, arranger and conductor.
Jones’ goddaughter Austin, Stevie Wonder and acclaimed newcomer Samara Joy were among the artists who lifted their divine voices in tribute. 
Wonder joined Austin onstage for a memory-evoking rendition of “Betcha’ Wouldn’t Hurt Me” — a song the latter guested on originally for Jones’ 1981 album The Dude. After that, Wonder took an elated Bowl audience back to one of his classic albums, 1972’s Talking Book, with the song “You’ve Got It Bad Girl.” Before that, Wonder shared with the audience that he’d first met Jones when he was a 14-year-old “running around the Apollo Theater like I could see” and heard that Jones was in the building.
There is a lot of malice and desire for revenge in the interview of the elderly and now also 'dazed quincy. On the Beatles he just decleared:
The legendary producer claims that the Fab Four were “no-playing motherf**kers” and that Paul was “the worst bass player I ever heard”. Crikey!
Quincy is born in Chicago on March 14, 1933. At the age of ten, he befriended a blind boy named Ray Charles. Quincy plays trumpet and toured in the early 1950s with noted jazz musician Lionel Hampton.
There is a lot of malice and desire for revenge in the interview of the elderly and now also 'dazed quincy. On the Beatles he just decleared:
“They were the worst musicians in the world,” he told interviewer David Marchese. “They were no-playing motherfuckers.”
Drummer Ringo Starr came in for particular opprobrium: “And Ringo? Don’t even talk about it.I remember once we were in the studio with George Martin,” Jones recalled arranging Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing for Starr’s 1970 solo album Sentimental Journey. “Ringo had taken three hours for a four-bar thing he was trying to fix on a song. He couldn’t get it. We said, ‘Mate, why don’t you get some lager and lime, some shepherd’s pie, and take an hour-and-a-half and relax a little bit.’”
So he did, and we called Ronnie Verrell, a jazz drummer. Ronnie came in for 15 minutes and tore it up. Ringo comes back and says, “George, can you play it back for me one more time?” So George did, and Ringo says, “That didn’t sound so bad.” And I said, “Yeah, motherf*cker because it ain’t you.” Great guy, though. (vulture)
Jones met Macca when he was 21, so he’d obviously improved by the time they worked together on Michael Jackson’s version of the former Beatle’s track Girlfriend on his classic album Thriller. In 2012, Jones said of McCartney: “There is simply no artist today who has the credibility, grace, and depth of character that Paul has.”
About Michael Jackson Joens said:"
I hate to get into this publicly, but Michael stole a lot of stuff. He stole a lot of songs. [Donna Summer’s] “State of IndependenceOriginally written by Vangelis and longtime Yes front man Jon Anderson, “State of Independence” was recorded by Donna Summer in 1982. Jones produced Summer’s version, Michael Jackson helped out on backing vocals, and the song’s central riff does sound awfully similar (albeit faster) to the iconic bass riff on Jackson’s hit single “Billie Jean.” It should also be noted that, last year, Jones won a lawsuit over a royalties dispute against Jackson’s estate.” and “Billie Jean.” The notes don’t lie, man. He was as Machiavellian as they come. Greedy, man. Greedy. “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” .
