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Producer and Composer Quincy Jones

Fresh Air

Published June 11, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

As a teenager he played backup for Billie Holiday, along with his 16-year-old friend, Ray Charles. (Rebroadcast from Nov. 5, 2001.)

Copyright 2004 Fresh Air

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