Description: A biography of one of the most influential creators and talents of the twentieth century
Brief description: Clarence Bernard Henry is an independent scholar living in Newark, New Jersey. His writing has appeared in the Journal of Caribbean Studies, the Journal of Latin American Lore, and other publications. He is author of Let's Make Some Noise: Axé and the African Roots of Brazilian Popular Music and Quincy Jones: His Life in Music, both published by University Press of Mississippi.
Review Quotes: Clarence Bernard Henry has given to American music literature the most beautifully written treatise on the musical accomplishments of the great Quincy Jones. No one has explicated more thoroughly the prodigious, diverse, and unprecedented contributions of Jones. By doing so, Henry has proven that Quincy Jones is unequivocally one of America's foremost masters of music. This book is a literary masterpiece and should be required reading for all students of American and African American music history.--Earl L. Stewart, associate professor in the Department of Black Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of African American Music: An Introduction