On Friday (Nov.22), Kidada Jones, fourth-eldest child of Quincy Jones, shared an Instagram post a heartfelt tribute to her late father. “From as young as I can remember, you would tell me about the power of music. You would say, ‘Music; you can’t touch it, you can’t smell it and you can’t see it ….but boy can you feel it,’” she began the post. “That sentiment would open up a universe for me. Music is the one formless power that can transcend time and space to touch the soul.”
“Music says everything words cannot. Music is the language of the heart,” she continued It’s no wonder you found a home in music dad. Now I will know you in this new invisible way as well,” she continued. “Your vessel is gone but your force is omnipresent. Molecularly we are Inseparable…and so our father daughter journey continues. Kidada added, “Thank you for showering me with love, presence affection, wisdom, optimisim, and so much joy. Eternally yours, Pie.”
Quincy Jones passes away at 91
On Sunday (Nov.3), Quincy Jones, an iconic producer known for his work with Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, etc., passed away at 91. According to his publicist, Arnold Robinson, he passed away at his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, surrounded by family. “Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing,” his family said in a statement. “Though our loss is tremendous, we celebrate the extraordinary life he led. There will never be another like him.”
Following his death, actress Rashida Jones shared an emotional tribute to her late father. “My dad was nocturnal his whole adult life. He kept ‘jazz hours’ starting in high school and never looked back. When I was little, I would wake up in the middle of the night to search for him,” Rashida wrote in an Instagram post. “Undoubtedly, he would be somewhere in the house, composing (old school, with a pen and sheet music). He would never send me back to bed and would smile and bring me into his arms while he continued to work…there was no safer place in the world for me. He was a giant. An icon. A culture shifter. A genius.”
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