Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is 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.
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SoundBirthday
March 14, 1933Gender
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163Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USAAlso known as
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.Cast credits
Michael Jackson: Number Ones
SelfFantasia 2000
Self - HostQuincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
SelfListen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
SelfThe Jazz Baroness
SelfKing: Man of Peace in a Time of War
HimselfGenius. A Night for Ray Charles
SelfMiles Davis with Quincy Jones and the Gil Evans Orchestra: Live at Montreux 1991
HimselfMarvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
HimselfExperience Montreux
SelfWe Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self - ConductorCelia: The Queen
SelfSinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
SelfI Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott
SelfMichael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
SelfJazz Icons - Quincy Jones Live in '60
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
SelfScore: A Film Music Documentary
SelfJay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
SelfLive and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
Self (archive footage)Crew credits
The Color Purple
Producer, Original Music Composer, Songs, LyricistGet Rich or Die Tryin'
Original Music ComposerThe Italian Job
Original Music ComposerIn the Heat of the Night
Original Music Composer, SongsThe Pawnbroker
Original Music ComposerThe Getaway
Original Music ComposerThe Split
Original Music ComposerSteel
ProducerThe Deadly Affair
Original Music ComposerJohn and Mary
Original Music ComposerTheir Eyes Were Watching God
Executive ProducerThe Lost Man
Original Music ComposerA Dandy in Aspic
Original Music ComposerThey Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Original Music ComposerThe New Centurions
MusicKiller by Night
Music$
MusicBad
ProducerThe Hot Rock
Original Music ComposerHonky
Original Music ComposerLast of the Mobile Hot Shots
Original Music Composer