Listen Up: The Lives Of Quincy Jones

Sort of an oral history on film, the entire narrative unfolds in a punchy collage of interview snippets offered by Jones and his illustrious contemporaries. Often several points of view come out at once, backed by stock footage. Jones was born in Chicago and grew up in rough neighborhoods, his childhood marred by crime and a mother committed to a mental institution while his father remarried. From age 12, Quincy determined to be a musician, once stowing away in Lionel Hampton's tour bus. But th...