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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Quincy_JonesQuincy Jones - Wikipedia

    Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. [1] His career spans over 70 years, with 28 Grammy Awards won out of 80 nominations, [2] and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before ...

  2. May 6, 2024 · Quincy Jones has had a lot of jobs — music producer, composer, songwriter, musician and even TV producer — but his proudest achievement is being a father of seven. The music industry icon is ...

  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0005065Quincy Jones - IMDb

    Quincy Jones. Producer: The Color Purple. Considered to be one of the greatest minds in music and television history, Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. was born on March 14, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. He is the son of Sarah Frances (Wells), a bank executive, and Quincy Delight Jones, Sr., a carpenter. Jones found his love for music while he was enrolled in grade school at Seattle's Garfield High ...

  4. Sep 9, 2024 · Quincy Jones (born March 14, 1933, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American musical performer, producer, arranger, and composer whose work encompasses virtually all forms of popular music.. Jones was born in Chicago and reared in Bremerton, Washington, where he studied the trumpet and worked locally with the then-unknown pianist-singer Ray Charles.

  5. The Dude is a 1981 studio album by the American musician and producer Quincy Jones.Jones used many studio musicians.. Three singles were released from the album in the US, all of which charted on the US Top 40."Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways" both feature vocalist James Ingram's debut and reached No. 17 and 14, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100.

  6. Sep 28, 2018 · Amid health issues, Jones stopped drinking three years ago. “Alcohol numbs you, and I’m so un-numbed now,” he says. “I’ve never been so creative in my life.”. That’s difficult to ...

  7. Now 80, Quincy Jones reflects on his long, legendary career (working with the likes of Michael Jackson and Ray Charles) and what new projects ahead he's exci...

  8. Sep 18, 2018 · In the new documentary “Quincy,” the acclaimed producer/composer/artist Quincy Jones narrates his own life story, from his troubled childhood in Chicago, to his achievement in just about every musical field, to his tumultuous personal life. Directed by Rashida Jones and Alan Hicks, “Quincy” strives to craft a legacy narrative of Jones, one that covers the breadth of his accomplishments ...

  9. Fortunate is the man who recognizes his calling when it first comes to him. Fortunate are we that that man is Quincy Jones. In his humble-roots-to-starry-heights memoir – he describes breaking into a military armory’s recreation center, outside of Seattle, in 1944, when he was 11. He was hungry and searching for food when he stumbled on a ...

  10. Jun 20, 2022 · Quincy Jones has won 28 GRAMMY wins and has received 80 nominations overall, plus he also received a Recording Academy Trustees Awards in 1989 and a GRAMMY Legend Award in 1992. Additionally, he is an Honorary Chair of the Recording Academy's Black Music Collective, and, at age 89, continues to be an active proponent for Black music across the world today.