Quincy Jones was a household name for decades, but long before Michael Jackson and “We Are the World,” the musician/arranger/producer worked his way up, first from humble beginnings as a jazz trumpeter and then scoring films when he moved to Los Angeles. His lifelong impact is huge, including a long list of those whom he mentored, among them GRAMMY Award-winning bandleader and arranger Chris Walden, who is also founder and artistic director of the Pacific Jazz Orchestra. The Soraya and Pacific Jazz Orchestra’s 17-piece big band pay homage to Jones in a concert that features his work onstage and onscreen and transport us to his beginnings in the 1950s.
