Quincy Jones
Known for: Sound
Born: March 13, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, USA - Died: November 2, 2024
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing Lesley Gore's major pop hits of the early 1960s (including "It's My Party") and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations between the jazz artists Frank Sinatra and Count Basie in the same time period. In 1968, Jones became the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Eyes of Love" from the film Banning. Jones was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the 1967 film In Cold Blood, making him the first African American to be nominated twice in the same year. Jones produced three of popstar Michael Jackson's most successful albums: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987). In 1985, Jones produced and conducted the charity song "We Are the World", which raised funds for victims of famine in Ethiopia. In 1971, Jones became the first African American to be the musical director and conductor of the Academy Awards. In 1995, he was the first African American to receive the academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. He is tied with sound designer Willie D. Burton as the second most Oscar-nominated African American, with seven nominations each. In 2013, Jones was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as the winner, alongside Lou Adler, of the Ahmet Ertegun Award. He was named one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century by Time.
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Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
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Fantasia 2000
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The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
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Herb Alpert Is...
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Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
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Ennio
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Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
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The Jazz Baroness
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Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
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Prince: Musical Portrait
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Davi's Way
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
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Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
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David Foster: Off the Record
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Miles Davis with Quincy Jones and the Gil Evans Orchestra Live at Montreux 1991
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Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
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I Love Quincy
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Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
Lesley Gore: It's Her Party
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
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Kylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
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