IAJE Evening 3 - To Q With Love

January 13, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: acceptance speech, awards ceremony, candido camero, david baker, gravy, heart, IAJE 2008, jam session, jazz master, jazz masters, jazz masterworks orchestra, joe wilder, josh jackson, Masters, masterworks, nea, paquito d rivera, perfect night, quincy jones, rhonda, smithsonian jazz, stockholm sweetnin

David Baker presented the 2008 NEA Jazz Master Award to Quincy Jones. Jones gave a Delight-ful acceptance speech. His words came straight from the heart. Give it a listen:

Quincy Jones Acceptance Speech - 2008 NEA Jazz Master Awards Ceremony

That's how Quincy Jones feels about jazz.

Perhaps you heard his interview with Rhonda Hamilton?

The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra played another Jones original:

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra - Stockholm Sweetnin’

NEA Jazz Masters Joe Wilder, Paquito D'Rivera and Candido Camero joined the orchestra onstage for a jam session:

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra with Joe Wilder, Paquito D’Rivera and Candido Camero - Walkin' aka Gravy

A perfect end to a perfect night, right? I thought so too. But as luck would have it, my perfect night was only beginning...

- Josh Jackson

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IAJE Evening 3 - Q Music, Roll Orchestra On 2

January 13, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: air water, element earth, fifth element, game, IAJE 2008, jazz master, jazz masterworks orchestra, Live Music, ludacris, Masters, no doubt, quincy jones, quincy jones music, quintessence, smithsonian jazz, soul bossa nova

Let's welcome back to the stage at the NEA Jazz Master Awards Concert (blog version), the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, as they perform more of Quincy Jones' music. Here we go:

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra - Pleasingly Plump

No doubt you'll recognize the next song:

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra - Soul Bossa Nova

That was Shagadelic. Possibly even Ludacris...or if you're Canadian, a theme to get your game on...

Now back to the show. Next up - the fifth element. Earth, Fire, Air, Water, Quincy Jones...

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra - Quintessence

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IAJE Evening 3 - Q Music, Rol' Blue Eyes

January 12, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: arranger, ceremony concert, chairman of the board, great cat, IAJE 2008, jazz master, jazz masterworks orchestra, josh jackson, kurt elling, Live Music, luck be a lady, Masters, masterworks, midnight sun, pleasure, quincy jones, sinatra recordings, smithsonian jazz, unenviable position, wee small hours

If you've ever listened to Live at the Sands, you've heard Quincy Jones' work with Frank Sinatra. Quincy was, in fact, the arranger for a number of Sinatra recordings. At the NEA Jazz Master Awards Concert, The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra had the pleasure of playing some those charts. Kurt Elling had the unenviable position of Chairman of the Board.

Check out what they did together:

Kurt Elling and SJMO - Luck Be a Lady / The Midnight Sun Will Never Set

Kurt Elling and SJMO - You Make Me Feel So Young / In The Wee Small Hours

Kurt Elling and SJMO - I Only Have Eyes For You

Kurt is such a great cat. I watched him backstage, pacing back and forth before the set. Hope he's relaxing now.

- Josh Jackson

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