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FREE nside Celebrating Life After 50 Celebrate Northwest I the Arts! SERVING THE PUGET SOUND REGION SINCE P1986 rimewww.NorthwestPrimeTime.com TimeVOL. 13 NO. 7 SEPTEMBER 2013 Quincy Jones Seattle’s Own Music Man usic legend MQuincy Jones has had one of Music teachers Marcus Tsutakawa (left) and Clarence the longest, most Acox (right) pose with members of their orchestras and jazz ensembles (from a previous year) at James A. successful careers in Garfield High School in Seattle. Their combined 70 years at the school have resulted in numerous awards for popular music. student groups. Photo by Dan DeLong/Red Box Pictures The world-renowned record producer, Hitting a High Note conductor, arranger, film Orchestra leader Marcus Tsutakawa composer, television producer, and trumpeter, and jazz band conductor Clarence was inducted into the Acox inspire music students at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 18. He Seattle’s Garfield High School has been nominated for …by Dean Paton a record 79 Grammys – won 27 – and in ou know the scene: a shabby stage 1991, he received the Grammy Legend Award. Ycrowded with eager high school He turned 80 in March. musicians. A young director steps onto Jones has worked with a long list of the podium, raises his baton, waves artists including Frank that first dramatic downbeat – Sinatra, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Tommy and for the next couple of hours the audience Dorsey, Duke Ellington, of parents, reluctant siblings, and loyal friends Miles Davis, Dinah endures “music” punctuated by tempos that drag, Washington, Sarah clarinets that squeak, and violin solos only a parent Vaughn, Lesley Gore, could love. Aretha Franklin, and High school music is what it is – usually Michael Jackson, to tolerable, now and then pretty good. Except in name just a few. Seattle, and especially at James A. Garfield High, In 2008, Seattle’s Music legend Quincy Jones has deep Seattle roots where it is exceptional, featuring arguably the best Garfield High School— program in the nation among public high schools. Quincy Jones’ alma mater—opened the Quincy Jones recalls his time in school. “I got in the Ask people here why the school is so successful, Jones Performing Arts Center as part of the school band and the school choir. It all hit me and they’ll give you two reasons: drummer Clarence school’s renovations. The namesake of that like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I Acox, who leads the jazz ensembles, and bassist new center was in town for the dedication. He played percussion for a while, and stayed after Marcus Tsutakawa, who conducts the orchestras. remains a good friend to his former hometown school forever just tinkering around with different “They set this expectation for excellence, of Seattle, where his youngest brother, Richard, things, the clarinets and the violins.” In 1951 and they know the kids can achieve it,” says is a federal judge. Jones won a scholarship to Seattle University, parent Laurie de Koch, whose son Bergen plays Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., known as Q to where a young Clint Eastwood—also a music the trumpet in both orchestra and jazz ensemble. his friends, was born in Chicago on March 14, major there—watched him play in the college “What if every educator had an expectation for 1933. When he was 10, his family moved first band. Eastwood, a noted jazz aficionado, wrote the the achievement of excellence in every student? It to Bremerton and then to Seattle, where Jones foreword to The Complete Quincy Jones. After only would change the world.” began playing trumpet. “Every day, my daddy one semester, Jones transferred to what is now the It certainly has changed things at Garfield. The told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just Berklee College of Music in Boston on another jazz ensemble has won the prestigious Essentially begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour scholarship. But an offer from Lionel Hampton to Ellington competition sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln great or small, do it well or not at all.’ ” tour as a trumpet player with his band pulled him Center four times since 1999 and has toured Europe While still a kid, Jones met a fellow away from college. ten times since 1991. musician by the name of Ray Charles.“At 14 “I was 18 then, and I was ready. And I told The orchestra has been named Downbeat and 16 we used to sit in Seattle on those rainy the school I’d be back, but I guess down inside, magazine’s top high school orchestra of the year four days and dream about what would happen.” you know, when you go with a band like that you times since 2001, including a win this year, and has They became close, lifelong friends. In those never go back,” said Jones to NPR’s Terry Gross. toured Europe and Japan six times. And they have early days they played and wrote music She points out that while Quincy Jones started played at New York’s famed Carnegie Hall. together, and watched the big-time acts that his career as a trumpeter, he didn’t become a noted The orchestra also produced a recording came through Seattle. “Most people don’t instrumentalist. What made him famous and nominated for a Grammy. understand; Seattle was one of the jumpin’-est, wealthy was his work as an arranger, composer, The programs don’t cater to just an elite few. hottest towns in America during World War producer and media mogul, work that spans “My mission is to teach all the kids about classical II,” Jones was quoted in the book, The Complete from the big bands through bebop, pop, movie music – not just the kids who have had private Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions (2008). soundtracks, film scores, TV themes and hip-hop. lessons since age 5,” says Mr. Tsutakawa, who this “It was on fire.” While still in school, Jones had While on the road with Hampton, the year, his 29th at Garfield, has about 180 students already started playing professionally in several young Jones showed talent as a song arranger. 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