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17/07/2008 - Paolo At Montreux 2008
The 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival saw Paolo invited to play at the celebration of Quincy Jones' 75th Birthday to celebrate alongside some legendary names - Petula Clark, Mick Hucknall, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Herbie Hancock and Patti Austin. Paolo performed the classic 'Going To Chicago' with Petula Clark, and a tune on his own - the Quincy-penned 'Strawberry Letter 23'. He nailed them both!
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Quincy Jones joined all the artists and musicians on stage at the end of the concert to thank them all personally! He singled out Paolo for special praise saying "You're such a young man with an amazing future ahead of you." He also picked up on Paolo's Scottish roots too and was overjoyed at the nights amazing array of star singers - all for his 75th Birthday!
Montreux Founder, and Paolo fan, Claude Nobs said "Quincy is the biggest producer, composer and arranger of the 20th Century. Nobody can match the spectrum of music from African, Blues, Gospel, Brazil - we had to go into the vaults to get some of the old songs - from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday - some of which haven't been played in 30 years!"
Quincy Jones is the biggest ever Grammy Award winner with grand total of 27 wins - Paolo was honoured to be there and the team also enjoyed Naturally 7, a New York city outfit that don't use any instruments - it's all voice and its ALL amazing! Check out their MySpace here!
