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As this month’s MT has a focus on brass teaching, I thought I’d open with a tribute to the great Quincy Jones, who died last month. A multi-Grammy Award winner and producer to the stars, he was an exceptional trumpeter, band leader, composer and arranger, capable of crossing any number of musical genres. He was also a cherished mentor and teacher, and passionate supporter of younger musicians whatever their background.
In recent weeks I’ve been reminded of his views, including the familiar ‘There are only two kinds of music: good music and the other kind’, an observation he borrowed from Duke Ellington. But another favourite of mine is: ‘I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you’re supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.’ Quincy Jones broke the mould in many ways.
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