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Quincy Jones
Chicago, 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 caree…
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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.
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2026
Michael Jackson: A Life in Music
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- 2026
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2025
Quincy Jones, Music Man
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2025
Diane Warren: Relentless
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2024
Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
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2024
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
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2024
King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
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2024
Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra
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2024
Lola
Movie Original Music Composer
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2024
The Greatest Night in Pop
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2023
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
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2023
The Color Purple
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2023
Thriller 40
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2023
They All Came Out to Montreux
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2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
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2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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2022
Sidney
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2022
Kylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
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2022
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
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2022
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
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2022
Ennio
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2022
Bel-Air
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2022
The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
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2021
Cooking On Hot
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2021
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
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- 2021
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2021
You Don't Own Me
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2021
Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy
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2020
Ronnie's
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2020
Herb Alpert Is...
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2020
Fandango at the Wall
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- 2020
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2020
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
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2019
Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
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2019
David Foster: Off the Record
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2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
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2019
Sherman's Showcase
TV show Quincy Jones
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2019
The Black Godfather
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2019
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
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