Speaker 1: Thanks for coming over to play, Billy and Lisa.
Speaker 2: Yeah, look, here comes Elliott.
Speaker 3: Hi everyone, I just learned about a super special music
Speaker 3: guy and he housed the coolest name. What's his name,
Speaker 3: Quincy Jils, Quincy Jones, Quincy Jones.
Speaker 2: Yep, how'd you learn about him?
Speaker 4: Well, it all started when I filmed this big black
Speaker 4: circle thingy.
Speaker 5: That really is a big black circle thingy and it's
Speaker 5: a little shiny.
Speaker 1: I know. I've seen those at my grandma's house.
Speaker 6: She has a.
Speaker 1: Bunch of black circle thingies.
Speaker 6: Let me check that out.
Speaker 1: It's hard like plastic and it's about the size of
Speaker 1: my tubby.
Speaker 2: Must be a frisbee. Don't here, No, this is not
Speaker 2: a frisbee.
Speaker 5: Then I really don't know what this flat black circle
Speaker 5: thing he is. Welcome to Stories for Kids by Lingo Kids,
Speaker 5: where we discover fascinating facts about the world around us
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Speaker 7: These days, people often listen to music.
Speaker 5: On a phone or computer, But did you know there
Speaker 5: used to be other ways to listen to music.
Speaker 7: Do you have any idea what that black circle.
Speaker 5: Thing was and what does it have to do with
Speaker 5: Elliott's musician, Quincy Jones.
Speaker 7: Let's find out.
Speaker 5: So the frisbee looking thing is not a frisbee, then
Speaker 5: what is it?
Speaker 4: Well, it's kind of a music holder. Huh, Like there
Speaker 4: are songs in it?
Speaker 2: Oh, let's shake them out out. I don't hear any songs.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna look at that black circle thing.
Speaker 5: Hmmm.
Speaker 1: When I peak closely, I can see little tiny grooves
Speaker 1: in the black circle thingy ooh, maybe the music falls
Speaker 1: into the grooves.
Speaker 2: I don't think that's it.
Speaker 5: Billy says, it's a record and you need a record
Speaker 5: player to hear the songs. It's an old way to
Speaker 5: listen to music. Oh, well, I don't like old music anyways.
Speaker 2: But you haven't even listened yet.
Speaker 6: Not my thing.
Speaker 2: Well, I want to know what the old.
Speaker 1: Guy Quincy Jones's music is like.
Speaker 4: Well, he played trumpet, but he also helped many other musicians,
Speaker 4: helped them.
Speaker 2: How did he do that?
Speaker 6: I'm not really sure.
Speaker 5: Billy says he helped by being a musical genius.
Speaker 2: He was a musical genius.
Speaker 5: I think what Billy is trying to say is that
Speaker 5: Quincy had a real sense for music. He was skilled
Speaker 5: at choosing great tunes. He knew which instruments to use
Speaker 5: and how to play and sing the songs to get
Speaker 5: the mood just right. He helped musicians decide the way
Speaker 5: to play their music. I never thought about the way
Speaker 5: to play music or the mood.
Speaker 6: And there's a real job for that. The job is
Speaker 6: called it's called well, I don't know what it's called.
Speaker 7: A producer, that's right.
Speaker 5: Billy Quincy Jones was a very famous producer.
Speaker 1: Producer.
Speaker 6: Yep.
Speaker 5: Jones was such a good producer that he won many awards.
Speaker 5: He was the first black person to be nominated for
Speaker 5: an Academy Award for Best Original Song in a Movie.
Speaker 5: That sounds important it was. He also produced the most
Speaker 5: popular album.
Speaker 7: Ever, Yes, Billy.
Speaker 5: An album is a collection of songs and they used
Speaker 5: to come on records, just like the record Elliott found on.
Speaker 7: That popular album, which is called Thriller.
Speaker 5: Quincy Jones' job was I know, he was the producer,
Speaker 5: that's right. He knew how to talk to people, help
Speaker 5: them feel comfortable and work together. I like that. One
Speaker 5: time he brought together a huge group of forty six
Speaker 5: very famous musicians. They sang a song called We Are
Speaker 5: the World. And even though they liked different music and
Speaker 5: came from different backgrounds, Quincy Jones helps them all feel
Speaker 5: comfortable and make a beautiful song together.
Speaker 2: Wow, what a cool guy.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I really wish we could listen to this black
Speaker 4: circle thing, I mean record.
Speaker 2: Hey, what's this dusty box thing?
Speaker 7: That's a record player?
Speaker 1: We can play Elliott's record.
Speaker 5: Yes, I'll help you do it. Just put the record
Speaker 5: onto the record player.
Speaker 6: Hey, why don't we try to do what Quincy did?
Speaker 6: What make a beautiful song together? Yeah?
Speaker 2: Oh, this will be fun, Philly Usta.
Speaker 1: If you're happy and you know what, capter hiss it
Speaker 1: HAPPI and you know I.
Speaker 2: Clap your hands. If you're happy and you know it
Speaker 2: and you really want the show it. If you're happy
Speaker 2: and you know it, clap your hands.
Speaker 5: Lingo kids listeners, thanks for joining in to learn about
Speaker 5: the musical genius Quincy Jones. We learned about his job
Speaker 5: as a musical producer and how he was special because
Speaker 5: he brought people together and helped musicians make their songs great.
Speaker 7: We also talked about old music. Have you ever tried
Speaker 7: listening to music from a different time or a different place?
Speaker 7: Did you like it? Let us know what your favorite song.
Speaker 5: Is by sending us an email, and if you feel
Speaker 5: like singing along. Send that to us as well to
Speaker 5: podcast at lingo kids dot com.