Description

Join us for this immersive extravaganza as artists from all genres come together to pay tribute to the extraordinary Quincy Jones. This soaring celebration features soul, jazz, R&B, hip-hop, original choreography, fascinating conversations, and closes out with a jump-out-of-your-seat DJ set covering all of the hits.

This FREE event brings more than 85 musicians, dancers, and creators to the stage, and offers fresh interpretations of both instantly familiar and lesser-known gems from Jones’s staggeringly expansive career. Make it your own—stay as long (or short) as you’d like, come in person or via livestream—and be a part of this incredible celebration.

SEGMENT ONE
3PM–5PM

Quincy Jones' roles as composer, songwriter, and arranger are celebrated through re-imagined song, world premiere dance, and Brooklyn's very own youth marching band performing their favorites, including "He's the Wizard."

With Brooklyn United, Mari World, Shaquelle Charles, Justin Hicks, Sing Harlem

SEGMENT TWO
5:15PM–7PM

From Quincy Jones' iconic tune, "Soul Bossa Nova," performed by a fellow Grammy Award-winning producer, to chamber orchestra selections from Jones' first movie score for The Pawnbroker, this segment explores some of Jones' most unforgettable scores, arrangements, and special creative partnerships.

With Ella Bric, Keanna Faircloth, Kayla Farrish, Sly5thAve

SEGMENT THREE
7:15PM–9PM

Through poetry, rap, funk, and more, the artists in this segment pay tribute to Quincy Jones as a musical muse, songwriter, and influencer, with re-interpreted performances of the Sanford and Son theme song, The Wiz Overture, Michael Jackson's "Bad," and so much more!

With Mahogany L. Browne, Adi Oasis, Oddisee and Good Compny, and Damien Sneed & Friends

SEGMENT FOUR
9:30PM–11:30PM

The final segment of Wall to Wall Quincy Jones is an all-out party featuring an Afro-Cuban salute to Jones' "Chump Change," and a DJ set featuring all of the greatest Quincy Jones hits.

With Helga Davis, DJ Spinna, Pedrito Martinez