Quincy Jones

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-03-14 (91 years old)

Deathday

2024-11-03

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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 art...

Acting

2020

Ronnie's

as Self (voice)

2000

Fantasia 2000

as Self - Host

2022

2022

Ennio

as Self

2018

Davi's Way

as Self

1984

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)

2023

Thriller 40

as Self (archive footage)

2019

2008

2007

Brando

as Self

1993

2017

2009

Q: The Man

as Self

2018

Quincy

as Self

2002

1978

The Wiz

as Emerald City Gold Pianist (uncredited)

1978

Wiz on Down the Road

as Self - Music Arranger / Emerald City Gold Pianist

2016

More Than Jazz

as Himself

1965

Frank Sinatra Spectacular

as Self - Conductor

2006

The N Word

as Self

2021

1994

A Great Day in Harlem

as Self - Narrator

2009

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Blame It

as Self

Production

2005

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

as Original Music Composer

1985

The Color Purple

as Producer

1985

The Color Purple

as Original Music Composer

1969

The Italian Job

as Original Music Composer

1967

In the Heat of the Night

as Original Music Composer

1971

Eggs

as Original Music Composer

1965

The Pawnbroker

as Original Music Composer

1972

The Getaway

as Original Music Composer

1968

The Split

as Original Music Composer

1997

Steel

as Producer

1967

The Deadly Affair

as Original Music Composer

1969

John and Mary

as Original Music Composer

1968

Split Second to an Epitaph

as Original Music Composer

2005

Their Eyes Were Watching God

as Executive Producer

1968

Jigsaw

as Music

1969

The Lost Man

as Original Music Composer

1970

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

as Original Music Composer

1968

A Dandy in Aspic

as Original Music Composer

1972

1972

1967

Enter Laughing

as Conductor

1967

Enter Laughing

as Original Music Composer

1961

The Boy in the Tree

as Original Music Composer

1967

Ironside

as Original Music Composer

1967

In Cold Blood

as Original Music Composer

1990

Stalingrad

as Producer

1971

Honky

as Original Music Composer

1972

The Hot Rock

as Original Music Composer

1985

Fever Pitch

as Executive Music Producer

1970

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

as Original Music Composer

1985

Fast Forward

as Executive Music Producer

1985

The Slugger's Wife

as Executive Music Producer

1992

Malcolm X

as Thanks

1969

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

as Original Music Composer

2021

1969

Cactus Flower

as Original Music Composer

1985

The Color Purple

as Lyricist

1985

2023

2024

Lola

as Original Music Composer

2023

They All Came Out to Montreux

as Executive Producer

1971

Brother John

as Original Music Composer

1999

Passing Glory

as Executive Producer

1965

Mirage

as Original Music Composer

1971

$

as Original Music Composer

1995

The History of Rock 'n' Roll

as Executive Producer

1966

Walk Don't Run

as Original Music Composer

1965

The Slender Thread

as Original Music Composer

1968

The Hell with Heroes

as Original Music Composer

1967

Banning

as Original Music Composer

1971

The Anderson Tapes

as Original Music Composer

2014

2023

2023

The Color Purple

as Producer

1978

The Wiz

as Music Supervisor

1978

The Wiz

as Music Arranger

1969

1970

The Out-of-Towners

as Original Music Composer

2000

The Smokers

as Executive Producer

1991

Montreux Jazz Festival 1991

as Director of Operations

2005

Letter to the President

as Executive Producer

2020

Fandango at the Wall

as Executive Producer

2003

Stealing Bess

as Executive Producer

1968

For Love of Ivy

as Original Music Composer

1969

Of Men and Demons

as Original Music Composer

1983

Beat It

as Producer

1965

The Slender Thread

as Conductor

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