Known For
Sound
Born
Mar 14, 1933
Died
Nov 03, 2024
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
214 titles
Quincy Jones
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Michael Jackson: A Life in Music
Self (archive footage)
The Groove Under the Groove
Quincy Jones, Music Man
Self (archive footage)
Diane Warren: Relentless
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
Self
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
Self
Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra
Self
Lola
Original Music Composer
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Self
The Color Purple
Songs
Thriller 40
Self (archive footage)
They All Came Out to Montreux
Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (archive footage)
Sidney
Self
Kylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
Self (archive footage)
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
Self
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
Ennio
Self
Bel-Air
Executive Producer
The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
Self (voice)
Cooking On Hot
Music
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Self
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Self
You Don't Own Me
Self
Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy
Self
Ronnie's
Self (voice)
Herb Alpert Is...
Self
Fandango at the Wall
Executive Producer
Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Self
Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
Self
David Foster: Off the Record
Self
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Musician
Sherman's Showcase
Quincy Jones
Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs
Self
The Black Godfather
Self
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
Self
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
Self
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Self
Quincy
Self
Davi's Way
Self
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Self
The Jazz Ambassadors
Self
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
Self
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
Quincy Jones & Friends - Live at Jazz Open Stuttgart
Self
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
Self