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Name
Quincy Jones

Known For
Sound

Birthday
1933-03-14

Deathday
2024-11-03 (91 years old)

Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

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

Movies

Tv Shows

2020 Ronnie's as Self (voice)
2001 Quincy Jones: In the Pocket as Self
2000 Fantasia 2000 as Self - Host
2022 The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM as Self (voice)
2020 Herb Alpert Is... as Self
2008 Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux as Self
2023 Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes as Self
2022 Ennio as Self
1990 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones as Self
2009 The Jazz Baroness as Self
2022 Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not as Self
1989 Prince: Musical Portrait as Self
2018 Davi's Way as Self
2004 Genius. A Night for Ray Charles as Self
2007 King: Man of Peace in a Time of War as Self
2019 David Foster: Off the Record as Self
2013 Miles Davis with Quincy Jones and the Gil Evans Orchestra Live at Montreux 1991 as Himself
2013 Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love as Self
1984 I Love Quincy as Self
2022 Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens as Self
2001 Lesley Gore: It's Her Party
2003 Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection as Self (archive footage)
2022 Kylie Minogue V The Bee Gees as Self (archive footage)
2022 Sidney as Self
2003 Michael Jackson: Number Ones as Self (archive footage)
1981 Diana as Self
2024 The Greatest Night in Pop as Self (archive footage)
1994 The Jackson Family Honors as Self
1988 Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues as Self
2025 Diane Warren: Relentless as Self (archive footage)
1998 Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years as Self
2023 Oprah & The Color Purple Journey as Self
2013 Experience Montreux as Self
2022 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self (archive footage)
2023 Thriller 40 as Self (archive footage)
2019 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Self - Musician
1989 The Unforgettable Nat King Cole as Self
2008 Celia: The Queen as Self
1985 We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song as Self
2015 Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert as Self
2024 Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra as Self
2016 I Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott as Self
2007 Brando as Self
2016 Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall as Self
2023 They All Came Out to Montreux as Self
2006 Jazz Icons - Quincy Jones Live in '60
2012 Anouk Aimée, la beauté du geste as Self
2013 Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self
1993 New Order Story as Self
2017 Score: A Film Music Documentary as Self
2020 Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth as Self
2024 King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones as Self
2000 Frank Sinatra Memorial as Self
2008 An Evening with Quincy Jones
1996 Quincy Jones: 50 Years in Music - Live at Montreux
2017 Sandy Wexler as Self
2009 Q: The Man as Self
2014 The Distortion of Sound as Self
2017 Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth as Himself
2015 Kareem: Minority of One as Self
1986 Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary as Self
2018 Quincy as Self
2012 Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp as Self
2012 Rising Above the Blues: The Story of Jimmy Scott as Self
2018 The Jazz Ambassadors as Self
1995 Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar as Self
2018 Survivor's Guide to Prison as Self
2004 The World of Nat King Cole as Self
2018 It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story as Self
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember as Quincy Jones
1978 The Wiz as Emerald City Gold Pianist (uncredited)
2019 ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke as Self
2008 Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound as Self
1978 Wiz on Down the Road as Self - Music Arranger / Emerald City Gold Pianist
2019 The Black Godfather as Self
2002 It's Black Entertainment as Self
2019 Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs as Self
2019 Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris as Self
2017 Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies as Self
2017 Quincy Jones & Friends - Live at Jazz Open Stuttgart as Self
2018 Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones as Self
2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration as Self
2005 Letter to the President as Self
2018 Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 as Self
2016 More Than Jazz as Himself
1965 Frank Sinatra Spectacular as Self - Conductor
2020 Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
1996 The Phil Collins Big Band - Live at Montreux 1996 as Self
2006 The N Word as Self
2004 Michael Jackson: The One as Self
2017 Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me as Self
2021 You Don't Own Me as Self
1999 Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole as Self
2000 Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
1996 Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
2021 Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy as Self
1994 A Great Day in Harlem as Self - Narrator
2012 Paul Simon: Under African Skies as Self
2021 Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over as Self
2002 The Cosby Show: A Look Back as Self
1990 The Earth Day Special as Self
2024 Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand as Self
1971 We Are Universal
2009 Wheedle's Groove as Self
2021 Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres as Self
2025 Quincy Jones, Music Man as Self (archive footage)
1992 The Real Malcolm X
2008 Lady Be Good: Instrumental Women In Jazz as Self
2019 Devil's Pie: D'Angelo as Self
1998 Creating Ragtime as Self
2026 The Groove Under the Groove
1990 Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs as Self
2024 Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl as Self
1986 An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1994 Lill-Babs 40 år som artist as Self

2004 Best Week Ever ( 1 episode )
2006 The One Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ( 2 episodes ) as Quincy Jones
2005 The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer ( 1 episode )
2005 The Boondocks ( 1 episode ) as Self (voice)
2005 The Colbert Report ( 1 episode )
1995 MADtv ( 1 episode ) as Self
1967 Ironside ( 1 episode )
1989 Life Goes On ( 1 episode ) as Dan Webster
1953 The Oscars ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1978 The Kennedy Center Honors ( 1 episode ) as Self
1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host & Musical Guest
2008 Quincy Jones: The Many Lives of Q ( 2 episodes )
2004 America Beyond the Color Line ( 1 episode ) as Self
2017 Carpool Karaoke: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Self
2006 Legends ( 1 episode ) as Self
1997 Classic Albums ( 1 episode ) as Self
2007 Empreintes ( 1 episode )
2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2019 Sherman's Showcase ( 1 episode ) as Quincy Jones
1971 Great Performances ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1987 Sacrée soirée ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
Soon Science Fiction Film Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
1989 Big World Cafe ( 1 episode )
2016 Soundbreaking ( 1 episode ) as Self
1998 Sternstunde Kunst ( 1 episode ) as Self
1967 Titel, Thesen, Temperamente ( 1 episode ) as Self
2017 Steve ( 1 episode ) as Self
1997 The Rhythm of Life ( 1 episode )

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