Never Released

  • October 10, 2010

    Black Requiem – The Quincy Jones / Ray Charles Masterpiece That Never Was Released (1971, 1988, 1992) (Cont’d)

    On 20 July 1976 Quincy Jones published a column in The Baltimore Afro-American, where he shed some more light on the genesis of Black Requiem (read earlier article here), revealing that the work went back to a vow he and Ray made when they were together in Seattle (i.e. 1947/1949): “Back when Ray and I were […]

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