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The delicious thing about the music of Quincy Jones was for me the way he bridged the rigour of so-called 'classical' art music with jazz and soul. His music for Peter Yates's film The Hot Rock (1972) is inspired in the way he incorporates his 'simple melody' and (sorry to talk shop) uses dominant prolongation. See also his music for The Deadly Affair (1966) and The Anderson Tapes (1971). Very clever. Musically-intellectual games bring depth to his work. I also love his theme for Ironside (1967) which, Geoff Love did an effective arrangement of. As someone who studied in Paris with Madame Boulanger, arranger and producer of Michael Jackson's Off the Wall (1979) and Thriller (1982) albums, Quincy Jones has had a stong influence on my work. Check out the song Streetwalker on the Special Edition of the album Bad (1987). Funk-y!
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