Did you know that Quincy Jones worked with Milton Nascimento and Ivan Lins? Remember musical partnerships

The music producer to the stars died this Sunday, aged 91

Legendary music producer Quincy Jones, who died at the age of 91 this Sunday, aged 3, in Los Angeles, United States, worked with great music icons, such as Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra.

But did you know that the American producer has also worked with Brazilian music stars such as Milton Nascimento, Ivan Lins and Simone?

In 1985, the producer teamed up with the King of Pop and Lyon Ritchie and brought together the biggest stars of the time, such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, Cindy Lauper and Kenny Rogers, to record the hit We are the worldwhich raised funds to fight poverty in Africa.

The producer has also worked with Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion, Ella Fitzgerald and Donna Summer. Many international vehicles indicate that Quincy Jones worked with Elvis Presley playing trumpet in the King of Pop’s band in the 1950s, but the music producer denied The Hollywood journalistin an interview broadcast in 2021.

In it he stated that he would never work with Elvis, because the artist “was racist”. “I wouldn’t work with him… I was with Tommy Dorsey [trompetista]… Elvis came in and Tommy said, “I don’t want to play with him.” He was a racist son of a bitch, I’m going to shut up now,” the producer said.

Source: Terra

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