Quincy Jones remembered for his loyalty to Berklee College of Music

Jones, who went on to produce Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album and also worked with Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles, kept close ties with Berklee. He received an honorary degree in 1983. At age 18, Berklee won a scholarship to attend the prestigious school in Back Bay. But he dropped out to tour with jazz musician Lionel Hampton before finishing, a college spokesperson confirmed Monday. Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music producer who died at age 91 on Sunday, is being remembered fondly at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he...