Portal:Jazz/Did you know/4

... that legendary producer and arranger Quincy Jones produced jazz vocalist Helen Merrill's self-titled debut album when he was just 21 years old?
... that Miles Copeland, Jr. , the father of Stewart and Miles III, was a CIA spy involved in several Mideast coups, but began his career as a trumpeter for big bands including Glenn Miller?
... that Dennis Berry (pictured, centre top) was a musician, composer, arranger and producer who not only produced the music to the first Monty Python film, but has also had his music featured on the BBC's Little Britain , MTV's The Osbournes and the Nickelodeon cartoon Spongebob Squarepants ?
... that as a child, B.A. Rolfe was billed as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder", and that he went on to become a bandleader and significant film producer?

July - December 2005