Quincy Jones and Nikolaus Harnoncourt

with Carl Friedner

Stockholm

May 19, 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Jones' return and connections to Sweden--Jones' first trip to Sweden, with Lionel Hampton--Harnoncourt on the honor of winning the Polar Music Prize, then Jones on the same--Harnoncourt's associations with Sweden--Harnoncourt's recordings of all Beethoven Symphonies, and the performance problems with them-- Harnoncourt's first performance of Berios's Rendering--Jones' new magazine--Jones' upcoming movie and music projects-- Harnoncourt and Jones on the division of music into "folk", "pop", and "serious" categories-- Harnoncourt's recording plans-- Harnoncourt performing Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos with Chick Corea--Jones plans of donating money to charities in Sweden, Los Angeles, and South Africa with the money won from the Polar Music Prize--what Jones and Harnoncourt know about the other's work--how music and being a musician has changed since they began performing--Jones on his approach to writing music for movies-- Harnoncourt's thoughts on serial music--has Jones retired from producing records--Jones on rap artists and related copyright and musical issues--Jones on the dropping level of musicians and the new great popular musicians, like Bobby McFerrin and Take Six-- Harnoncourt on improvisation and the use of period instruments--why Jones calls Michael Jackson "Smelly"--Jones on his past brain surgery and what keeps him from playing trumpet again.