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How Quincy Jones scored with the gritty story of a Harlem Holocaust survivor

JL;DR SUMMARY Quincy Jones, who passed away at the age of 91, made a significant impact on film music with his score for Sidney Lumet's 1964 film "The Pawnbroker," a groundbreaking work in American cinema that explored the Holocaust from the survivor's perspective. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustQuincy JonesHarlemJazz MusicSidney LumetThe PawnbrokerFilm ScoreSarah VaughanEdward Lewis Wallant1964 Film

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Harlem, New York, United States
"Set in Harlem, where Sol Nazerman, a mournful Holocaust survivor, encounters a series of impoverished slum dwellers, the variegated cast of characters inspired an appropriately diverse sound landscape from Jones."
New York, United States
"the movie was directed with trademark grit and New York flavor by Sidney Lumet"

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