“I did a demo. I had Sheila E playing on it and Michael sang on it. I played it for Quincy and he said, ‘No.’”: Greg Phillinganes on the Michael Jackson song arrangement that Quincy Jones rejected because it wasn't "sexy" enough

Quincy Jones and Greg Phillinganes.

If anyone knew what it was like to work with Quincy Jones, who died on 3 November at the age of 91, it was Greg Phillinganes. The renowned keyboard player first met Jones in 1973, when he was only 18 years old, and he soon became one of his go-to musicians.

Now, in a new interview with Billboard, Phillinganes has been reflecting on his relationship with Jones and what made him so special.