Quincy Jones – “You’ve Got It Bad Girl” (1973) When Quincy Jones got the funk on his “You’ve Got It Bad Girl” album ... jazz bassist Ray Brown, to the proceedings and gave this ...

What a difference a change of pace can make … Quincy Jones – “Soul Bossa Nova ... this 1974 album and its sultry title track. Rather than go for the plucked, plum tone of 1970s R&B bass, Jones ...

What makes Jones’ version of the bossa nova ... album and its sultry title track. Rather than go for the plucked, plum tone of 1970s R&B bass, Jones welcomed his old pal, jazz bassist Ray Brown ...

As a producer, arranger, composer, bandleader and recording artist, he made a powerful mark on nearly every genre he touched.

The French continue to be some of the most imaginative samplers of Jones’ work. Fred Falke, a contemporary of Daft Punk whose ...

Written in just 20 minutes, Soul Bossa Nova was inspired by an early-60s fad for ... and helmed their 1976 debut album Look ...

Written in just 20 minutes, Soul Bossa Nova was inspired by an ... and helmed their 1976 debut album Look Out For #1 (including a sublime cover of The Beatles' Come Together).

Mentored by Rowles and Brown, Diana Krall blossomed into an assured performer and in 1992 released her first album Stepping Out ... to Linda Ronstadt. Other bossa nova-styled gems from The Look ...