Quincy Jones Presents - Full Concert [HD] | Live at North Sea Jazz Festival 2014

QUINCY JONES PRESENTS THE GLOBAL GUMBO PROJECT FEATURING ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ AND THE INVASION PARADE, NIKKI YANOFSKY AND ANDREAS VARADY

Date & location: SATURDAY 12 JULY 2014 • AMAZON • Ahoy Hall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Musical titan Quincy Jones, the composer and producer who added his tasteful polish to recordings by everyone from Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, has died, according to his representatives. He was 91.

Jones died Sunday night November 3, 2024, at his home in Bel Air, California, surrounded by his children, siblings and other family members, his publicist told CNN in a statement.
“Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing,” the Jones family said in the statement. “And although this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him. He is truly one of a kind and we will miss him dearly; we take comfort and immense pride in knowing that the love and joy, that were the essence of his being, was shared with the world through all that he created. Through his music and his boundless love, Quincy Jones’ heart will beat for eternity.”

The oeuvre of musician, composer and producer Quincy Jones, who died yesterday, November 3, 2024, at the age of 91, is extensive and versatile. Jones started out as a jazz musician and worked with giants such as Lionel Hampton, Count Basie and Frank Sinatra.
He became much better known than for his own work as an arranger and producer for stars such as Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan and Michael Jackson.
Quincy Jones is the most nominated artist for a Grammy Award in history. He was nominated 80 times over a period of six decades and earned 28 of those nominations.

LINEUP
NIKKI YANOFSKY (vocals); Cale Hawkins (keyboards); Stephen Maxwell, Marc Rogers, Alfonzo Cleveland III, ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ (piano); Reinier Elizarde (double bass); Michael Olivera, ANDREAS VARADY (guitar); Bandi Varady (bass); Adrian Varady (drums).

ABOUT this concert:
Nikki Yanofsky Genre: VOCAL JAZZ/POP
Ella Fitzgerald is the idol of twenty-year-old Canadian singer Nikki Yanofsky. At a very early age she was able to sing the old jazz diva’s songs down to the smallest detail; an art that took on a serious form when the beautiful tribute album Ella… Of Thee I Swing was released in 2008. Since then, Yanofsky has been standing more and more on her own two feet. She has worked with famous names like Elton John and Wyclef Jean, in 2010 she sang in her own country at the opening of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and now she is ready, under the wing of her mentor Quincy Jones, to take the next step in the direction of world fame.

On the intercession of music icon Quincy Jones, the young, classically trained pianist Alfredo Rodriguez is coming to North Sea Jazz once again. In 2009, Rodriguez, who is in his twenties, left Cuba for the US where he sought political asylum. In 2014, he explored his roots in his abandoned homeland on his album The Invasion Parade, produced by Quincy Jones.

Andreas Varady Genre: Bebop/Fusion Slovakian-Irish guitarist Andreas Varady is a mere sixteen years old but his mentor Quincy Jones calls him one of the most talented musicians on the planet. Jones is bringing his protégé to the North Sea Jazz Festival this summer so that the teenager can introduce Dutch audiences to his gifted playing. The guitarist in jeans and sneakers was born in Slovakia in 1997 and later moved with his Romany family to Ireland where he made a name for himself on the streets of Cork and Limerick as a seven year-old child. His star has risen rapidly since then. Varady, who is often compared to George Benson, has played with well-known guitarists like Lee Ritenour and Frank Vignola and has performed at prestigious festivals like the Montreux Jazz Festival. Young Varady is a talent to keep an eye on.

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