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Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
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width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones <nobr>(3-Oct-1990)</nobr></b></font><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> Ellen Weissbrod<p><b>Writer:</b> Ellen Weissbrod<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/135/000276304/">Music Documentary</a>, <a href="/lists/707/000083458/">Biography</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"></div><p><table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/626/000047485/"><font size=-1>George Benson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Mar-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Prominent jazz guitarist and vocalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/856/000086598/"><font size=-1>Big Daddy Kane</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Sep-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King Asiatic Nobody's Equal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/534/000032438/"><font size=-1>Richard Brooks</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-May-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Mar-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>In Cold Blood</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/820/000108496/"><font size=-1>Tevin Campbell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Nov-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Always In My Heart</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/345/000023276/"><font size=-1>Ray Charles</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Sep-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jun-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Georgia On My Mind</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/675/000026597/"><font size=-1>Miles Davis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-May-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Sep-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Jazz trumpeter, <i>Kind of Blue</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/605/000025530/"><font size=-1>El DeBarge</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Jun-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Lead singer of DeBarge</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/737/000026659/"><font size=-1>Kool Moe Dee</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Rapper</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Aug-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Rap artist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/563/000101260/"><font size=-1>Sheila E</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Drummer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Dec-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Child prodigy Latin percussionist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/912/000047771/"><font size=-1>Billy Eckstine</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jul-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Mar-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>First African-American singing idol</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/943/000122577/"><font size=-1>Ahmet Ertegün</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jul-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Dec-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Atlantic Records co-founder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/122/000023053/"><font size=-1>Ella Fitzgerald</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Apr-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jun-1996</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The First Lady of Jazz</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/624/000025549/"><font size=-1>Flavor Flav</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Rapper</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Mar-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Public Enemy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/105/000023036/"><font size=-1>Aretha Franklin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Mar-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Aug-2018</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>R-E-S-P-E-C-T</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/677/000026599/"><font size=-1>Dizzy Gillespie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Oct-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Be-bop jazz trumpeter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/742/000044610/"><font size=-1>Lesley Gore</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-May-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Feb-2015</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>It's My Party</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/957/000025882/"><font size=-1>Alex Haley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Aug-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Feb-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Roots</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/764/000026686/"><font size=-1>Lionel Hampton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Apr-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Aug-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Jazz vibrophonist and bandleader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/181/000024109/"><font size=-1>Herbie Hancock</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Apr-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Innovative jazz/fusion composer and pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/216/000026138/"><font size=-1>Ice-T</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Rapper</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Feb-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pimp, <i>Cop Killer</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/365/000024293/"><font size=-1>Jesse Jackson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Oct-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Rainbow Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/599/000022533/"><font size=-1>Michael Jackson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jun-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Pop</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/678/000023609/"><font size=-1>Quincy Jones</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Music Producer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Mar-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Musician, Composer, Producer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/355/000110025/"><font size=-1>Rashida Jones</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Feb-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ann Perkins on <i>Parks and Recreation</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/978/000022912/"><font size=-1>Sidney Lumet</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jun-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Apr-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Dog Day Afternoon</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/057/000024982/"><font size=-1>Bobby McFerrin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Mar-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Don't Worry, Be Happy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/300/000026222/"><font size=-1>Frank Sinatra</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Dec-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-May-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>It's Frank's world, we just live in it</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/734/000022668/"><font size=-1>Steven Spielberg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Dec-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>E.T.</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/526/000022460/"><font size=-1>Barbra Streisand</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Apr-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>You Don't Bring Me Flowers</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/362/000159882/"><font size=-1>Al B. Sure</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Jun-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>In Effect Mode</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/094/000023025/"><font size=-1>Sarah Vaughan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Mar-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Apr-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The <i>Divine One</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/466/000022400/"><font size=-1>Oprah Winfrey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Talk Show Host</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jan-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Oprah Winfrey Show</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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