“(Created by Michel Magne in the 70s, the legendary Château d'Hérouville was home to one of France's most renowned recording studios. 

To obtain the famous "castle reverb" so characteristic of their recordings, the sound engineers had a most creative idea. They simply converted one of the château's kitchens into an analog reverb chamber ! (…)”

“At the age of 24, Quincy Jones arrived in Paris in 1957 to study with the great masters Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen. But tuition was expensive for the son of a modest Chicago family...

His musical genius enabled him to finance his studies in a very stylish way. Quincy worked as an arranger, conductor and musician, notably in the Barclay studio.”