Quincy Jones speaks about pop star Michael Jackson at Michael Jackson Immortalized event in Hollywood, Calif. on Jan. 26, 2012. Jackson’s children Prince, Paris and Blanket imprinted their hands and their father’s sequined glove and shoes in the cement in the famous forecourt of the Grauman’s Chinese Theater as family, friends and fans celebrated the legacy of the King of Pop.
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By Mikael Wood Los Angeles Times
As a musician, a producer, a composer and an executive, Quincy Jones created hits. But in a career that stretched across three-quarters of a century, what may have been more important about this giant of American music — who died Sunday at age 91 — is that he created the conditions for hits. Jones was a crucial connector of talent and repertoire; he had an instinctive sense of where artists should go to find success; he built a multimedia empire …