Quincy Jones
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- March 14, 1933
- Died
- November 3, 2024 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Lola
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Color Purple
Movie · Songs
Cooking On Hot
Movie · Music
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
Movie · Music Producer
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Making of 'The Color Purple'
Movie · Music
Michael Jackson: The Magic Returns
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Color Purple
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
The Wiz
Movie · Music Arranger, Music Supervisor
Roots
TV · Music · 8 eps
The Getaway
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dig: A Journey Into Earth
Movie · Music
The New Centurions
Movie · Music
Killer by Night
Movie · Music
The Hot Rock
Movie · Original Music Composer
Banacek
TV · Music · 1 ep
Eggs
Movie · Original Music Composer
Honky
Movie · Original Music Composer
Brother John
Movie · Original Music Composer
$
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Anderson Tapes
Movie · Original Music Composer
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Out-of-Towners
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Italian Job
Movie · Original Music Composer
John and Mary
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lost Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cactus Flower
Movie · Original Music Composer
Of Men and Demons
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mackenna's Gold
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Split
Movie · Original Music Composer
Split Second to an Epitaph
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jigsaw
Movie · Music
A Dandy in Aspic
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Counterfeit Killer
Movie · Music
The Hell with Heroes
Movie · Original Music Composer
For Love of Ivy
Movie · Original Music Composer
In the Heat of the Night
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs, Conductor, Orchestrator, Music Arranger
The Deadly Affair
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Pickle Brothers
Movie · Music
Enter Laughing
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
In Cold Blood
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ironside
Movie · Original Music Composer
Banning
Movie · Original Music Composer
Walk Don't Run
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Pawnbroker
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mirage
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Slender Thread
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Boy in the Tree
Movie · Original Music Composer