Cover of The Quintessence

''My soul is smiling,'' Quincy Jones tells Reuters as the Montreux Jazz Festival names a hall after the Thriller producer and revered jazz paterfamilias and inspiration. Into the wee small hours of Monday morning Qwest TV and the Montreux Jazz Festival will celebrate Quincy Jones’ 85th with a through-to-dawn bash downstairs at the House of Jazz, aka Le Petit Palais. Expect a who’s who to show.