Quincy Jones has led one of the most musically influential American lives of this century. In Q, he fainally tellsit all, beginning with his rough-and -tumble childhood on Chicago's South Side; through his teenage years in Seattle, when he took up the trumpet and was literally ...Quincy Jones has led one of the most musically influential American lives of this century. In Q, he fainally tellsit all, beginning with his rough-and -tumble childhood on Chicago's South Side; through his teenage years in Seattle, when he took up the trumpet and was literally saved by music; and into his life as a musician, playing backup for Billie Holiday and touring the world with the Lionel Hampton Band.