Released:
2001-11-18

Overview:
Composer, record, TV and film producer, arranger, instrumentalist, magazine founder and multi-media entrepreneur - Quincy Jones has done it all. In his 50-year career, he has won 26 Grammy awards and an Emmy, earned seven Oscar nominations and helped ignite the career of megastar Michael Jackson. American Masters takes an all-access look at this remarkable star of the world stage. Narrated by Harry Belafonte, Quincy Jones: In the Pocket features interviews with friends and contemporaries such as former President Bill Clinton, Maya Angelou and Sidney Poitier. This candid profile also includes behind-the-scenes footage of the historic "We Are the World" all-star recording session, in-studio clips of Frank Sinatra and other exclusive visual materials.

Director:
Michael Kantor

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Quincy Jones
  as
  Self
• 
  Peggy Lipton
  as
  Self
• 
  Sidney Poitier
  as
  Self
• 
  Oprah Winfrey
  as
  Self
• 
  Bill Clinton
  as
  Self