Quincy Jones profile
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Quincy Jones

14th March 1933 Chicago, Illinois, USA Sound

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.

108 Movies 24 TV Shows 1 In Production 145 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Sidney poster
Sidney 10th September 2022 as Self
Ennio poster
Ennio 17th February 2022 as Self
Quincy poster
Quincy 9th September 2018 as Self
Diana poster
Diana 2nd March 1981 as Self
The Wiz poster
The Wiz 24th October 1978 as Emerald City Gold Pianist (uncredited)
Steve poster
Steve 5th September 2017 as Self
MADtv poster
MADtv 14th October 1995 as Self
Michael Jackson: A Life in Music poster Coming soon
Michael Jackson: A Life in Music 29th August 2026 as Self (archive footage)