Jazz Stars Come Out for All-night Montreux Jam for Quincy Jones

An all-star cast of musicians from Ibrahim Maalouf to Mos Def, Robert Glasper and Monty Alexander celebrated producer Quincy Jones at an epic Montreux concert that ended just before dawn on Monday. Jones, who turned 85 in March, attended the birthday tribute in the House of Jazz at the 52nd edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, where he served as co-director in the 1990s. Drummer Nate Smith and Kinfolk opened the three-hour show at 02:00 am with "Skip Step," later...

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