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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-03-14
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Ronnie's
2020
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Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001
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Fantasia 2000
2000
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The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
2022
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Herb Alpert Is...
2020
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
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Ennio
2022
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The Jazz Baroness
2009
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Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
2022
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Prince: Musical Portrait
1989
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2018
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2004
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David Foster: Off the Record
2019
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I Love Quincy
1984
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Lesley Gore: It's Her Party
2001
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2022
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Sidney
2022
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Michael Jackson: Number Ones
2003
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1981
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The Greatest Night in Pop
2024
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The Jackson Family Honors
1994
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Diane Warren: Relentless
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Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
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Experience Montreux
2013
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2023
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
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The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
1989
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2008
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I Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott
2016
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2007
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2023
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2012
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
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1993
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Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017
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Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000
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An Evening with Quincy Jones
2008
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2017
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Q: The Man
2009
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The Distortion of Sound
2014
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2015
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2018
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Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
2012
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The Jazz Ambassadors
2018
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Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
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The World of Nat King Cole
2004
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2002
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The Wiz
1978
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2008
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1978
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The Black Godfather
2019
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It's Black Entertainment
2002
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2005
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Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
2018
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More Than Jazz
2016
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1965
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2006
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2004
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1999
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2000
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1996
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Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy
2021
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A Great Day in Harlem
1994
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Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
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The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002
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The Earth Day Special
1990
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Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
2024
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We Are Universal
1971
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Wheedle's Groove
2009
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