YEAR
2013
INDUCTED BY
Oprah Winfrey
CATEGORY
Ahmet Ertegun Award
A Jack of all trades.
The saying goes “Jack of all trades, master of none,” but Quincy Jones excelled at every role he took on. A record producer, arranger, trumpeter and more, Jones has achieved distinction in practically every facet of the music industry.
Quincy Jones
Oprah Winfrey Inducts Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones Acceptance Speech
"Rock With You"
HALL OF FAME
ESSAY
By Ashley Kahn
Fortunate is the man who recognizes his calling when it first comes to him. Fortunate are we that that man is Quincy Jones.
In his humble-roots-to-starry-heights memoir – he describes breaking into a military armory’s recreation center, outside of Seattle, in 1944, when he was 11. He was hungry and searching for food when he stumbled on a piano.
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