It's the unkindest cut of all. A man as big as Quincy Jones getting hauled into small claims court.

An audio production dude claims he did $3,100 worth of work for Q over a two week period last summer and got nada.

To put this in its proper context, Q has reportedly pulled in $220,000,000. Is this further evidence of a deep recession or just another bogus suit against a rich celeb?

For the record, we believe Quincy spends more than $3,100 on the person who lights his cigars.