Quincy Jones
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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.
Known for
Sound49
movieLola
2024
Original Music Composer
movieNational Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
2016
Music Producer
movieGet Rich or Die Tryin'
2005
Original Music Composer
movieThe Color Purple
1985
Original Music Composer, Songs
movieThe Wiz
1978
Music Supervisor, Music Arranger
tvRoots
1977
Music
movieThe Getaway
1972
Original Music Composer
tvBanacek
1972
Music
movieThe Hot Rock
1972
Original Music Composer
movie$
1971
Original Music Composer
movieHonky
1971
Original Music Composer
movieEggs
1971
Original Music Composer
movieBrother John
1971
Original Music Composer
movieThe Anderson Tapes
1971
Original Music Composer
movieThey Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
Original Music Composer
movieThe Out-of-Towners
1970
Original Music Composer
movieLast of the Mobile Hot Shots
1970
Original Music Composer
movieCactus Flower
1969
Original Music Composer
movieJohn and Mary
1969
Original Music Composer
movieBob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969
Original Music Composer
movieThe Lost Man
1969
Original Music Composer
movieThe Italian Job
1969
Original Music Composer
movieMackenna's Gold
1969
Original Music Composer
movieOf Men and Demons
1969
Original Music Composer
movieThe Split
1968
Original Music Composer
movieSplit Second to an Epitaph
1968
Original Music Composer
movieThe Hell with Heroes
1968
Original Music Composer
movieFor Love of Ivy
1968
Original Music Composer
movieJigsaw
1968
Music
movieA Dandy in Aspic
1968
Original Music Composer
movieIn Cold Blood
1967
Original Music Composer
movieBanning
1967
Original Music Composer
movieIn the Heat of the Night
1967
Original Music Composer, Songs
movieIronside
1967
Original Music Composer
movieEnter Laughing
1967
Conductor, Original Music Composer
movieThe Deadly Affair
1967
Original Music Composer
movieWalk Don't Run
1966
Original Music Composer
movieThe Slender Thread
1965
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieMirage
1965
Original Music Composer
movieThe Pawnbroker
1965
Original Music Composer
movieThe Boy in the Tree
1961
Original Music Composer
Acting143
movieMichael Jackson: A Life in Music
2026
Self (archive footage)
movieQuincy Jones, Music Man
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieDiane Warren: Relentless
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Greatest Night in Pop
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieThriller 40
2023
Self (archive footage)
movie2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieSidney
2022
Self
movieKylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieEnnio
2022
Self
movieThe Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
2022
Self (voice)
movieRonnie's
2020
Self (voice)
movieMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
Self - Musician
tvSherman's Showcase
2019
Quincy Jones
movieQuincy
2018
Self
tvSteve
2017
Self
movieMore Than Jazz
2016
Himself
movieBrando
2007
Self
tvLegends
2006
Self
movieLive and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieMichael Jackson: Number Ones
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieAustin Powers in Goldmember
2002
Quincy Jones
movieFantasia 2000
2000
Self - Host
tvMADtv
1995
Self
movieA Great Day in Harlem
1994
Self - Narrator
tvThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Quincy Jones
tvLife Goes On
1989
Dan Webster
tvSacrée soirée
1987
Self (archive footage)
movieDiana
1981
Self
movieThe Wiz
1978
Emerald City Gold Pianist (uncredited)
movieWiz on Down the Road
1978
Self - Music Arranger / Emerald City Gold Pianist
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host & Musical Guest
movieFrank Sinatra Spectacular
1965
Self - Conductor
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Production23
movieKing of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
2024
Executive Producer
movieThe Color Purple
2023
Producer
They All Came Out to Montreux
2023
Executive Producer
tvBel-Air
2022
Executive Producer
movieFandango at the Wall
2020
Executive Producer
movieKeep On Keepin' On
2014
Producer
movieLetter to the President
2005
Executive Producer
movieTheir Eyes Were Watching God
2005
Executive Producer
movieStealing Bess
2003
Executive Producer
movieThe Smokers
2000
Executive Producer
moviePassing Glory
1999
Executive Producer
movieSteel
1997
Producer
tvMADtv
1995
Producer
tvIn the House
1995
Producer
tvThe History of Rock 'n' Roll
1995
Executive Producer
movieMontreux Jazz Festival 1991
1991
Director of Operations
tvThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Executive Producer
movieStalingrad: Film 1
1990
Producer
movieThe Color Purple
1985
Producer
tvThe Oscars
1953
Executive Producer
Crew4
movieMalcolm X
1992
Thanks
movieFever Pitch
1985
Executive Music Producer
movieThe Slugger's Wife
1985
Executive Music Producer
movieFast Forward
1985
Executive Music Producer
Creator2
tvIn the House
1995
Creator
Vibe
Creator
Directing1
Writing1
movieThe Color Purple
1985
Lyricist