Legendary producer, music executive and songwriter Quincy Jones has died at the age of 91.
“Tonight, it is with full and broken hearts that we must share the news of the passing of our father and brother, Quincy Jones,” Quincy Jones’ family said in a statement. Associated Press.
“While this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate his wonderful life and know there will never be another like him.”
this Associated Press Jones reportedly died at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday night (November 3) with his family by his side.
During an influential musical career that spanned seven decades, Quincy Jones served as a composer, record producer, artist, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, record label executive, and film and television producer , magazine founder, multimedia entrepreneur and humanitarian.
He has been nominated for 80 Grammy Awards, including 28 in every category: Jazz, R&B, Pop, Rap, Spoken Word, Children, Actor Album, Instrumental Arrangement, Musical Film and Music Video, not to mention Record of the Year, Record of the Year, and Music Video of the Year. Album, Producer of the Year and Producer of the Year.
His seminal work in the 1950s and 1960s included collaborations with the following icons: Lionel Hampton, Sarah Vaughn, Ray Charles, Count Basie (Jones won his first Grammy Award with him in 1963) Duke Ellington, Dinah Washington, Cannonball Adderley, Raven Baker, Leslie Gore, and Frank Sinatra.
Jones’ career also saw him work with Michael Jacksonproduced some of the late pop star’s best-selling albums, including off the wall (1979) and thriller (1982), also bad (1987).
“We join billions of music fans around the world in mourning a great man,” said Guy Moot, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Carianne Marshall, Co-Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Warner Chappell Music. The death of Quincy Jones and celebrating his immeasurable contribution to culture.
“Words like Titan, Genius, GOAT will be used today, and he deserves it all. Quincy is a producer, artist, songwriter and activist, but most importantly, he is a songwriter.” Author. He left behind an incredibly powerful and diverse body of work that will light the way for generations to come. Our deepest condolences to his family and friends.
As the first black composer to be recognized by Hollywood authorities in the 1960s, starting with Sidney Lumet’s pawnshop In 1964, Jones scored nearly 40 major motion pictures, including “Fatal Affair”, “In Cold Blood”, “In the Heat of the Night”, “The Italian Job”, “Outlander”, “The Anderson Tapes”, and escape.
In 1968, he made history when he became the first African-American to be nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year.
In 1985, Quincy Jones co-produced and composed the music for Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, which received 11 Oscar nominations.
In addition to writing and producing for other artists, Jones released a number of his own recordings, including 1962’s soul bossa nova, It has appeared in several film and television projects, from “Pawn Shop” to the “Austin Powers” series theme song to “Glee.”
His 1989 album, back to the block The album, which won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, brought together legends such as Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Miles Davis, as well as Ice T, Big Daddy Kane and Melle Mel, to fuse pop and hip-hop for the first time. .
Jones’ 1995 recording, Q’s Jook joint storeNominated for seven Grammys, it features artists including Bono, Ray Charles, Phil Collins, Gloria Estefan, Herbert Herbie Hancock, Heavy D., Chaka Khan, Queen Latifah, Tone Loc, Shaquille O’Neal, Joshua Redman, Broadway Musical Stomp, Barry White, Nancy Wilson and Stevie Wonder, among others.
In 2010, Jones released soul bossstarring Usher, Ludacris, Akon, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, T-Pain, Robin Thicke, LL Cool J, John Legend, Snoop Dogg, Wyclef Jean, Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, Babe Winans and many more.
Jones is also an influential music industry executive. In 1961, he was appointed vice president of Mercury Records, becoming the first black executive at a major record label.
In 1980, he founded his own Qwest Records in a joint venture with Warner Records, which includes artists such as New Order, Tevin Campbell, Andre Crouch, Patti Austin, James Ingram, Siedah Garrett, Gregory Jefferson and Justin Warfield.
The label has also released a series of soundtracks, including boys under the hood, Sarafina!and Malcolm X.
Jones’ life and career were chronicled in the 1990 Warner Bros. film Listen: The life of Quincy Jones. In 2001, published ” Q: Quincy Jones’ autobiography.
The recording of the book won Jones the 27th Grammy Award for “Best Spoken Word”. Along with the autobiography, Rhino Records has released a set of Quincy Jones’ music titled Q: Quincy Jones’ musical biography.
2008, The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey and Passion Includes a foreword by Clint Eastwood, a foreword by Bono, an introduction by Maya Angelou, and an afterword by Sidney Poitier.
2010 Q on Production: Mastering the Soul and Science of Music and Work It tells the story of his long six-year career in the studio working with countless music icons. In 2018, Jones won his 28th Grammy Award for the Netflix documentary: quincy.
In 1991, he founded Vibe Magazine dedicated to R&B and hip-hop music and culture. That same year, he helped launch NBC-TV’s hit series, fresh prince of bel airfor which he serves as executive producer.
In 1994, he founded Qwest Broadcasting, one of the largest minority broadcasters in the United States. He produced the 2014 award-winning documentary, Keep On Keepin’ On, the story of jazz legend Clark Terry.
Quincy Jones has received many awards and honors. In 2016, when he won the Tony Award for Best Reproduction of a Musical for the Broadway production of The Color Purple, it made him the rare EGOT winner—an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winner An exclusive club for artists.
Jones is also a recipient of the Recording Academy’s prestigious Trustees Award and Grammy Legend Award.
In 1990, France awarded Jones its most distinguished title – Commander of the Legion of Honor.
He has also received the coveted Polar Music Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the Rodolfo Valentino Prize of the Italian Republic.
In 2001, Jones was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor Award in recognition of his contributions to the cultural fabric of the United States of America.
In 2010, he was awarded the country’s highest artistic honor, the National Medal of Arts. In 2013, at age 80, Quincy Jones was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Oprah Winfrey, who awarded him the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
In 2023, Quincy Jones received the first Peace Through Music Award from the Recording Academy and the U.S. Department of State.global music business
