Join us for Screening Quincy Jones: Duke Ellington… We Love You Madly, the kick-off event of the USC Thornton School of Music’s year-long tribute to Quincy Jones, who, at 91, is celebrating seven decades of unprecedented professional creativity and excellence as a trailblazing cultural figure.

On the 50th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s passing, a rare screening of the thrilling 1973 concert special, Quincy Jones’s television debut as music director and conductor for the groundbreaking composer alongside a stellar lineup of musicians including Ray Charles, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis Jr., and Aretha Franklin, will be followed by a conversation moderated by Jason King, dean of USC Thornton School of Music. The panel will feature music executive Ed Eckstine, Grammy Award–winning producer Gregg Field, and award-winning musican, composer, and USC Thornton professor Patrice Rushen. 

"Screening Quincy Jones: Duke Ellington… We Love You Madly" is part of Quincy Jones: Beyond Category, a year-long event series organized by the USC Thornton School of Music to explore, elevate, and celebrate Quincy Jones’s life and legacy. Working across styles and idioms including classical, jazz, pop, R&B, and film scoring—and breaking ground for African American achievement in the entertainment industries and in philanthropy—Jones has garnered the highest levels of critical and commercial acclaim. 

This event is presented by USC Visions & Voices: the Arts & Humanities Initiative.

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Admission is free and open to the public. Please check back for guests to be announced. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Thursday, August 1 at 10 a.m.