1933-03-14 ( 92 years old ) in 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 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.
Movies
Diane Warren: Relentless
2025-01-10
Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
2024-12-04
Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra
2024-05-27
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024-01-19
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023-12-28
Thriller 40
2023-12-02
They All Came Out to Montreux
2023-06-16
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023-03-12
King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
2023-02-16
Sidney
2022-09-10
Kylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
2022-07-26
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
2022-06-22
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
2022-05-02
Ennio
2022-02-17
The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
2022-01-07
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021-09-11
You Don't Own Me
2021-05-21
Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy
2021-01-18
Ronnie's
2020-10-23
Herb Alpert Is...
2020-10-02
Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
2020-09-13
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020-03-06
Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
2019-10-02
David Foster: Off the Record
2019-09-06
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019-08-23
The Black Godfather
2019-06-06
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
2019-02-08
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
2018-12-09
Quincy
2018-09-09
Davi's Way
2018-07-13
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
2018-07-02
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018-05-04
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
2018-04-22
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018-02-23
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017-09-11
Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
2017-05-23
Sandy Wexler
2017-04-14
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017-03-16
I Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott
2016-08-01
More Than Jazz
2016-07-03
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
2015-12-06
Kareem: Minority of One
2015-11-03
The Distortion of Sound
2014-07-10
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2013-10-12
Experience Montreux
2013-06-18
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013-04-23
Anouk Aimée, la beauté du geste
2012-11-09
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
2012-09-08
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012-05-11
Wheedle's Groove
2009-10-10
The Jazz Baroness
2009-04-17
Q: The Man
2009-02-01
Celia: The Queen
2008-04-26
Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound
2008-01-15
An Evening with Quincy Jones
2008-01-01
Brando
2007-05-01
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007-01-16
Jazz Icons - Quincy Jones Live in '60
2006-06-15
The N Word
2006-01-16
Letter to the President
2005-03-29
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004-10-07
The World of Nat King Cole
2004-06-15
Michael Jackson: The One
2004-01-02
Michael Jackson: Number Ones
2003-11-18
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002-07-26
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002-05-19
It's Black Entertainment
2002-02-08
Lesley Gore: It's Her Party
2001-12-07
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001-11-18
Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000-05-16
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000-02-02
Fantasia 2000
2000-01-01
Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole
1999-01-08
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
1998-04-11
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
1996-07-08
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
1995-03-06
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
1995-01-01
A Great Day in Harlem
1994-09-27
The Jackson Family Honors
1994-02-22
New Order Story
1993-08-29
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
1990-10-05
The Earth Day Special
1990-04-22
Prince: Musical Portrait
1989-01-01
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
1989-01-01
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988-01-02
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985-01-28
I Love Quincy
1984-03-23
Diana
1981-03-02
The Wiz
1978-10-24
Wiz on Down the Road
1978-01-01
We Are Universal
1971-01-01
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
1965-06-12
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