Quincy Jones’ colossal influence on the music industry will live on in the artists he mentored

The producer Quincy Jones will be remembered for his colossal influence on American music and for his 28 Grammy Awards on a whopping 80 nominations. But a big part of his legacy will be the artists he mentored. I interviewed Mr. Jones in May, 2014, while he was working with the Montreal singer Nikki Yanofsky. I sat in front of the two of them in a Toronto hotel room while Mr. Jones, then 81, was telling the 20-year-old ingénue stories about the old days.“We recorded Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On in 1955 with Big Maybelle, but then Jerry Lee Lewis recorded it two years later and became a legend,” Mr. Jones said to Ms. Yanofsky. “She was a junkie, you know, Big Maybelle.”Ms. Yanofsky seemed shocked. “Really?” she asked, wide-eyed. “I didn’t know that.”