Screening Quincy Jones: Duke Ellington… We Love You Madly 
Part of the yearlong event series Quincy Jones: Beyond Category

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Join us for Screening Quincy Jones: Duke Ellington… We Love You Madly, the kick-off event of the USC Thornton School of Music’s year-long tribute to Quincy Jones, who, at 91, is celebrating seven decades of unprecedented professional creativity and excellence as a trailblazing cultural figure.

On the 50th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s passing, a rare screening of the thrilling 1973 concert special, Quincy Jones’s television debut as music director and conductor for the groundbreaking composer alongside a stellar lineup of musicians including Ray Charles, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis Jr., and Aretha Franklin, will be followed by a conversation moderated by Jason King, dean of USC Thornton School of Music. The panel will feature music executive Ed Eckstine, Grammy Award–winning producer Gregg Field, and award-winning musican, composer, and USC Thornton professor Patrice Rushen. 

Screening Quincy Jones: Duke Ellington… We Love You Madly is part of Quincy Jones: Beyond Category, a year-long event series organized by the USC Thornton School of Music to explore, elevate, and celebrate Quincy Jones’s life and legacy. Working across styles and idioms including classical, jazz, pop, R&B, and film scoring—and breaking ground for African American achievement in the entertainment industries and in philanthropy—Jones has garnered the highest levels of critical and commercial acclaim. 

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Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by the USC Thornton School of Music in collaboration with the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective.

Photo: David Redfern/Redferns via Getty Images