BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:BOSTON\, February 5\, 2013 - ­\;­\;Producer\, arranger\ , conductor\, film composer\, and trumpeter Quincy Jones has been at the forefront of modern American music since his years at Berklee in the 19 50s. He arranged for Dizzy Gillespie\, Frank Sinatra\, and Ella Fitzgera ld\; produced Michael Jackson\, Miles Davis\, and Ray Charles\; was an A cademy Award nominee seven times for original music\; and has received 2 7 Grammy Awards and 79 Grammy nominations.\n \;\nIn honor of Jones&r squo\; 80th birthday in March\, his alma mater will celebrate this music al visionary with a 30-piece orchestra of faculty and students performin g new arrangements of selections from his enduring musical legacy. Speci al guests and frequent Jones collaborators Siedah Garrett and Patti Aust in will also perform.\n \;\nThe Great American Songbook: The Music o f Quincy Jones is part of Berklee's Signature Music Series. The concert takes place Sunday\, February 24\, 7:30 p.m.\, at the Berklee Performanc e Center\, 136 Massachusetts Avenue\, Boston. The venue is wheelchair ac cessible. Tickets for reserved seating are on sale now at $8 and $16 in advance\, $12 and $20 day of show. Buy tickets at www.berklee.edu/bpc. F or more information\, call the Berklee Performance Center Box Office at 617-747-2261.\n \;\nUnder the direction of Rob Rose and Ken Zambello \, the concert will highlight music from Jones&rsquo\; entire career\, f eaturing songs he wrote or produced for Michael Jackson\, Tamia\, and Ja mes Ingram\, and for movies like The Wiz\, The Color Purple\, and In the Heat of the Night. Selections from his Grammy Award-winning albums The Dude and Back on the Block will also be featured.\n \;\nGrammy Award -winning and Academy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Garrett has co-wr itten a number of hit songs with Jones. Five songs credit Garrett as a c o-writer on Back on the Block\, and the track &ldquo\;The Places You Fin d Love&rdquo\; highlights her lead vocals. She and Jones wrote the theme song for the opening ceremony of the 2007 Special Olympics\, and the op ener of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. Garrett co-wrote the #1 single &ldquo\;Man in the Mirror&rdquo\; and sang the duet &ldquo\;I Just Can&r squo\;t Stop Loving You&rdquo\; on Michael Jackson&rsquo\;s Bad\, which Jones produced.\n \;\nAustin\, a Grammy Award-winning vocal stylist\ , is Jones&rsquo\; goddaughter. Jones produced many of her biggest hit s ongs\, including &ldquo\;How Do You Keep the Music Playing" and &ldquo\; Baby Come to Me\,&rdquo\; both duets with James Ingram. She sang with Mi chael Jackson on &ldquo\;It's the Falling in Love" from his Off The Wall album\, produced by Jones. She performed on The Dude\, and scored two T op 10 Jazz albums\, Every Home Should Have One and The Real Me\, while s igned to his Quest label. URL:http://backbay.patch.com/events/berklee-dedicates-annual-great-americ an-songbook-to-quincy-jones-siedah-garrett-and-patti-austin SUMMARY:Berklee Dedicates Annual Great American Songbook to Quincy Jones\ , Siedah Garrett and Patti Austin LOCATION:136 Massachusetts Ave\, Boston\, MA 02115: 136 Massachusetts Ave \, Boston\, MA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR