Quincy Jones
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.
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Movies (47)
Quincy Jones | Music Man
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Diane Warren: Relentless
as Self
2025
Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
as Self
2024
King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
as Self
2024
Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra
as Self
2024
Lola
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2024
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self
2023
The Color Purple
Songs (Sound)
2023
Thriller 40
as Self (archive footage)
2023
They All Came Out to Montreux
as Self
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Sidney
as Self
2022
Kylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
as Self
2022
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
2022
Ennio
as Self
2022
The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
as Self (voice)
2022
Cooking On Hot
Music (Sound)
2021
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
as Self
2021
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
as Self
2021
You Don't Own Me
as Self
2021
Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy
as Self
2021
Ronnie's
as Self (voice)
2020
Herb Alpert Is...
as Self
2020
Fandango at the Wall
Executive Producer (Production)
2020
Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
2020
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
as Self
2020
Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
as Self
2019
David Foster: Off the Record
as Self
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Musician
2019
Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs
as Self
2019
The Black Godfather
as Self
2019
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
as Self
2019
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
as Self
2019
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
as Self
2018
Quincy
as Self
2018
Davi's Way
as Self
2018
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
as Self
2018
The Jazz Ambassadors
as Self
2018
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
as Self
2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self
2018
Quincy Jones & Friends - Live at Jazz Open Stuttgart
as Self
2017
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
as Self
2017
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
as Self
2017
Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
as Himself
2017
