
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
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Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
2022 · Movie
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Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019 · Movie
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Sherman's Showcase
2019 · Series
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Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001 · Movie
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Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
1996 · Movie
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll
1995 · Series
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Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
2015 · Movie
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Quincy Jones, Music Man
2025 · Movie
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Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2013 · Movie
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The Making of 'The Color Purple'
2003 · Movie
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Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990 · Movie
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Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
2019 · Movie
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Thriller 40
2023 · Movie
They All Came Out to Montreux
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They All Came Out to Montreux
2023 · Movie
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It's Black Entertainment
2002 · Movie
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Split Second to an Epitaph
1968 · Movie
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Frank Sinatra Spectacular
1965 · Movie
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007 · Movie
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Ennio
2022 · Movie
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 · Movie
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Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory
1995 · Movie
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It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
2018 · Movie
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The Groove Under the Groove
2026 · Movie
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The Boondocks
2005 · Series
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We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985 · Movie
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The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
2022 · Movie
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Banacek
1972 · Series
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Anouk Aimée, la beauté du geste
2012 · Movie
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The Greatest Night in Pop
2024 · Movie
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Jazz Icons - Quincy Jones Live in '60
2006 · Movie
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Michael Jackson: The One
2004 · Movie
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Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
2001 · Movie
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Soundbreaking
2016 · Series
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The Phil Collins Big Band - Live at Montreux 1996
1996 · Movie
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Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
1995 · Movie
The Jackson Family Honors
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The Jackson Family Honors
1994 · Movie
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Michael Jackson: Number Ones
2003 · Movie
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A Cool Like That Christmas
1993 · Movie
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The Real Malcolm X
1992 · Movie
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Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy
2021 · Movie
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Bel-Air
2022 · Series
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Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
1990 · Movie
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Q: The Man
2009 · Movie
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The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002 · Movie
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Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
2003 · Movie
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990 · Series
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Dig: A Journey Into Earth
1972 · Movie
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Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020 · Movie