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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nearly 20 years after recording the ground-breaking charity album "We Are the World," producer Quincy Jones is at it again -- assembling an all-star ensemble concert to raise money for children's centers in war-ravaged cities.
"We Are the Future" will be held in Rome on May 16 at Circus Maximus, site of the city's ancient chariot races.
At a luncheon earlier this month at his Bel Air, California, home, Jones said the 4 1/2-hour concert to support his Glocal Forum will be unprecedented in its worldwide diversity, with L.L. Cool J, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Natalie Cole, Angelina Jolie, Andrea Bocelli, Oprah Winfrey, the cast of "Stomp," and artists from South Africa, Turkey, Pakistan and even Iraq.
Jones, who 50 years ago played trumpet with jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, said he and Gillespie were international musical emissaries decades before the likes of Bono and Sting, both of whom may appear at the event. Recalling how he and Gillespie managed to work their way through different countries with different languages, Jones said, "It was because we knew all the same songs. It was an amazing feeling."
For more on this benefit, visit www.wearethefuture.com.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nearly 20 years after recording the ground-breaking charity album "We Are the World," producer Quincy Jones is at it again -- assembling an all-star ensemble concert to raise money for children's centers in war-ravaged cities.
"We Are the Future" will be held in Rome on May 16 at Circus Maximus, site of the city's ancient chariot races.
At a luncheon earlier this month at his Bel Air, California, home, Jones said the 4 1/2-hour concert to support his Glocal Forum will be unprecedented in its worldwide diversity, with L.L. Cool J, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Natalie Cole, Angelina Jolie, Andrea Bocelli, Oprah Winfrey, the cast of "Stomp," and artists from South Africa, Turkey, Pakistan and even Iraq.
Jones, who 50 years ago played trumpet with jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, said he and Gillespie were international musical emissaries decades before the likes of Bono and Sting, both of whom may appear at the event. Recalling how he and Gillespie managed to work their way through different countries with different languages, Jones said, "It was because we knew all the same songs. It was an amazing feeling."
For more on this benefit, visit www.wearethefuture.com.
