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person_profile-Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones Age: 91

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Quincy Jones

Date of Birth:

Mar 14, 1933

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Quincy Jones

    Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is 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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Quincy Jones

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Filmography of

Quincy Jones

Found 15 Movies in total

... 2023

... 2023

King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones

Self ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2023

Fandango at the Wall

Executive Producer

... 2020

... 2014

Letter to the President

Self ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2005

... 2005

Stealing Bess

Executive Producer

... 2003

The Smokers

Executive Producer

... 2000

Passing Glory

Executive Producer

... 1999

Steel

Producer

... 1997

... 1995

The History of Rock 'n' Roll

Self ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1995

Stalingrad

Producer

... 1990

... 1985