Quincy Jones

Known for SoundBorn 1933-03-14Died 2024-11-03Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not

Devil's Pie: D'Angelo

Sherman's Showcase

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket

Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996

The History of Rock 'n' Roll

Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert

Quincy Jones, Music Man

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

The Making of 'The Color Purple'

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris

Thriller 40

They All Came Out to Montreux

It's Black Entertainment

Split Second to an Epitaph

Frank Sinatra Spectacular

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

Ennio

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory

It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

The Groove Under the Groove

The Boondocks

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM

Banacek

Anouk Aimée, la beauté du geste

The Greatest Night in Pop

Jazz Icons - Quincy Jones Live in '60

Michael Jackson: The One

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration

Soundbreaking

The Phil Collins Big Band - Live at Montreux 1996

Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar

The Jackson Family Honors

Michael Jackson: Number Ones

A Cool Like That Christmas

The Real Malcolm X

Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy

Bel-Air

Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones

Q: The Man

The Cosby Show: A Look Back

Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Dig: A Journey Into Earth

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth