Sound
Quincy Jones
PT, EN, FR, IT cinema · 178 credits
Born
14 March 1933
Died
3 November 2024 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.
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
Filmography
Diane Warren: Relentless
as Self (archive footage)
Quincy Jones, Music Man
as Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
as Self, Executive Producer
Lola
Original Music Composer
Thriller 40
as Self (archive footage)
They All Came Out to Montreux
as Self, Executive Producer
The Color Purple
Songs, Producer
The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
as Self (voice)
Ennio
as Self
Kylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
as Self (archive footage)
Sidney
as Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
Ronnie's
as Self (voice)
Fandango at the Wall
Executive Producer
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Musician
Davi's Way
as Self
Quincy
as Self
Sandy Wexler
as Self
More Than Jazz
as Himself
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
Music Producer
Keep on Keepin' On
Producer
Miles Davis with Quincy Jones and the Gil Evans Orchestra Live at Montreux 1991
as Himself
Q: The Man
as Self
Brando
as Self
The N Word
as Self
Letter to the President
as Self, Executive Producer
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Original Music Composer
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Executive Producer
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson: Number Ones
as Self (archive footage)
Stealing Bess
Executive Producer
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Quincy Jones
Fantasia 2000
as Self - Host
The Smokers
Executive Producer
Passing Glory
Executive Producer
Steel
Producer
A Great Day in Harlem
as Self - Narrator
New Order Story
as Self
Malcolm X
Thanks
Montreux Jazz Festival 1991
Director of Operations
Stalingrad: Film 1
Producer
Michael Jackson: The Magic Returns
Producer, Original Music Composer
The Color Purple
Producer, Original Music Composer, Songs, Lyricist
Fever Pitch
Executive Music Producer
Fast Forward
Executive Music Producer
The Slugger's Wife
Executive Music Producer
Diana
as Self
The Wiz
as Emerald City Gold Pianist (uncredited), Music Arranger, Music Supervisor
Wiz on Down the Road
as Self - Music Arranger / Emerald City Gold Pianist
The Getaway
Original Music Composer
The Hot Rock
Original Music Composer
Eggs
Original Music Composer
Honky
Original Music Composer, Music
Brother John
Original Music Composer
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Original Music Composer
The Anderson Tapes
Original Music Composer
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Original Music Composer
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
Original Music Composer
The Out-of-Towners
Original Music Composer
The Italian Job
Original Music Composer
John and Mary
Original Music Composer
The Lost Man
Original Music Composer
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Original Music Composer
Cactus Flower
Original Music Composer
Of Men and Demons
Original Music Composer
Mackenna's Gold
Original Music Composer
The Split
Original Music Composer
Split Second to an Epitaph
Original Music Composer
Jigsaw
Music
A Dandy in Aspic
Original Music Composer
The Hell with Heroes
Original Music Composer
For Love of Ivy
Original Music Composer
In the Heat of the Night
Original Music Composer, Songs, Conductor, Orchestrator, Music Arranger
The Deadly Affair
Original Music Composer
Enter Laughing
Original Music Composer, Conductor
In Cold Blood
Original Music Composer
Ironside
Original Music Composer
Banning
Original Music Composer
Walk Don't Run
Original Music Composer
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
as Self - Conductor
The Pawnbroker
Original Music Composer
Mirage
Original Music Composer
The Slender Thread
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Boy in the Tree
Original Music Composer