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Podcast: Slate History
Episode: Hit Parade: I Wanna Rock with Q. Edition Part 1
Description: What does a music producer do? If his name is Quincy Jones, a little bit of everything: conducting, arranging, composing. Assembling teams of ace session musicians. Sometimes, even picking a catchy title and telling an artist to go write a song about itā would āThrillerā have worked as well if it had been called āStarlightā?Quincy Jones was popās Renaissance Man, and he could not be limited either by genre or by role. He played in jazz bandsā¦produced teen pop hitsā¦discovered young talentā¦scored Hollywood filmsā¦helped invent Yacht Rock and Yacht Soulā¦even rele...