"When we talk about Black excellence, we’re talking about Quincy”: Tributes paid to Quincy Jones at last night’s Oscars

A tribute to late US record producer Quincy Jones onstage during the 97th Annual Academy Awards.

Last night’s Oscars paid tribute to one of the titans of 20^th Century music and culture: Quincy Jones, who died in November last year, aged 91.

Flanked by a retinue of backup dancers, Queen Latifah sang a spirited version of Ease On Down The Road, one of the songs from The Wiz, the 1978 Motown remake of The Wizard Of Oz, which starred Michael Jackson and Diana Ross.