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“Keep your mind on the music. I never thought of myself as a ‘woman’ musician at all, but a guitarist and then a bass player”: Studio bass icon Carol Kaye on why it is not about who you are, but how and what you play that defines you as a musician

As one of L.A.’s top studio musicians during the ‘60s, Carol Kaye’s credits rival anyone's. In this classic 2009 interview, she talks influences, teaching, and how she feels about being a role model

Guitar World

“The first emotion was abject fear. Pick your poison, Michael Jackson, or Quincy Jones”: Session guitar great Dann Huff recalls his first time recording with the King of Pop

The Bad sessions featured a host of high-profile personnel and musicians – including bassist extraordinaire Nathan East

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Quincy Jones’ mansion featuring 17 bathrooms goes on sale for staggering $60 million

The music legend died in November of pancreatic cancer

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Quincy Jones' estate up for sale for 60m

The late Quincy Jones' former home, a lavish estate in Bel Air, is up for sale for almost $60 million.

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Inside Jennifer Aniston's impressive property portfolio – from a New York condo to a A. Quincy Jones-designed Bel Air mansion

The Friends actress is best associated with her on-screen Manhattan apartment – but in reality, her collection of homes is (arguably) even more iconic

Homes & Gardens

'If I kissed some man, I'd cut my lips off': Terrence Howard on whyhe turned down Marvin Gaye biopic

Terrence Howard rejected the chance to play late music legend Marvin Gaye in a biopic because he refused to kiss another man.

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‘If I kissed some man, I would cut my lips off’: Terrence Howard explains why he declined Marvin Gaye biopic

The American actor told Bill Maher’s podcast that he had asked Quincy Jones about the singer’s sexuality and felt he couldn’t ‘play that character 100%’

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Terrence Howard turned down Marvin Gaye biopic because he ‘didn’t want to kiss a man’

‘Empire’ actor claimed that rumours about legendary singer’s sexuality made him decline role

The Independent UK

I Asked Vinyl Experts — What's the Best Way to Organize Your Record Collection?

If you fancy yourself a vinyl record collector, it's only right that you learn how to organize them too. Here are five smart tips from the experts themselves.

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Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts, Sam Fender, RAYE and Diana Ross lead stacked Montreux Jazz Festival bill

The 2025 Montreux Jazz Festival bill boasts an eclectic mix of pop, hip-hop, classic rock, jazz, soul and funk artists.

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“When I got the call to record with Michael, I was thinking, oh, there’s going to be an entourage, and the monkey’s going to be jumping around…”: How guitarist Steve Stevens recorded Dirty Diana with Michael Jackson

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“We took 36 hours to cut Good Vibrations. We knew it was a big deal”: Carol Kaye’s 10 greatest basslines

The session legend was responsible for some of the finest bass playing ever committed to tape – here are her best moments

Guitar World

This Quincy Jones-produced disco tune has become my go-to test track – and taught me a valuable lesson about hi-fi, too

Despite not being to my usual tastes, I've found a track that's perfect for testing headphones and hi-fi.

What Hi-Fi?

Fires, frocks and the president who must not be named: my very weird night in the Oscars cheap seats

After the horror of the LA wildfires and with the world in uproar, some had called for the show not to go on. But up in the mezzanine with the shouty hoi polloi, I saw that hope really does spring eternal here

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"When we talk about Black excellence, we’re talking about Quincy”: Tributes paid to Quincy Jones at last night’s Oscars

Queen Latifah performs Ease On Down The Road

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Oscars 2024: Highlights From The Star-Studded Night

Recap of Oscars 2024: Anora and The Brutalist triumph, touching tributes, and star-studded moments at the prestigious awards ceremony.

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The Independent UK

Oscars' choreographer Mandy Moore on 'Wicked' opening, Quincy Jones and that salute to James Bond

The Academy Awards' choreographer Mandy Moore had a real challenge for the 2025 Oscars

The Independent UK

Freeman praises Gene Hackman, Goldberg and Winfrey give love to Quincy Jones in Oscars tributes

The Oscars included a somber elegy for Gene Hackman and a joyful tribute to Quincy Jones

The Guardian - US

Anora dominates the Oscars as Mikey Madison named best actress and Adrien Brody wins for The Brutalist

Sean Baker’s film picks up five awards including best picture while Israel-Palestine documentary No Other Land also gets major win

The Guardian - US

Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg and Queen Latifah honor Quincy Jones at Oscars

Prolific musician, producer and film score composer died in November at age of 91

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Oscars 2025: Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg pay tribute to Quincy Jones

Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg remembered the late Quincy Jones as "love lived out loud" at the Oscars on Sunday (03.03.25).

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"Quincy told her, 'Ro, don't sing that doggone song no more until you record it'": A music professor breaks down Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly with His Song

“I can’t think of another major hit with a fourteen-bar chorus”

The Independent UK

Inside the controversial Oscars ‘fashion show’ – and why Hollywood hated it

OSCARS 2025 : For years the Best Costume Design Oscar was presented via an elaborate spectacle that involved supermodels, dancers and – on one occasion – a live elephant carrying an envelope with the winner’s name in their trunk. Lydia Spencer-Elliott digs into the archives to unearth the truth behind…

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