Quincy Jones, who has died at the age of 91, liked to refer to himself as the “ghetto Gump”. It’s easy to see why. Over a seven-decade career, Jones enjoyed stellar success as a record producer, film composer and entertainment mogul.

This was Quincy the producer. This is the antithesis of the gun-waving, Phil Spector kind of studio monster. It is how the greatest producers (George Martin, Rick Rubin) make big decisions with barely a mention.