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Birth name Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. AKA Q Born March 14, 1933 - Chicago, Illinois Genre(s) Pop, Funk, Soul, Big band music, Swing music, Crossover jazz, Traditional pop Occupation(s) music impresario, conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer, trumpeter Years active 1951 – present Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American music impresario, conductor, record producer, musical arranger, Academy Award-winning film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Quincy Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. He is best known as the producer of the album Thriller, by pop icon Michael Jackson, which sold 104 million copies worldwide, and as the co-writer (with Michael Jackson) and producer of the charity song “We Are the World”. In 1968, Quincy Jones and his songwriting partner Bob Russell became the first African-Americans to be nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Song category. That same year, Quincy Jones became the first African-American to be nominated twice within the same year when he was nominated for Best Original Score for his work on the music of In Cold Blood. Quincy Jones was also the first (and so far, the only) African-American to be nominated as a producer in the category of Best Picture (in 1986, for The Color Purple). He was also the first African-American to win the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1995. Quincy Jones is tied with sound designer Willie D. Burton as the most Oscar-nominated African-American, each of them having seven nominations. Quincy Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois, the eldest son of Sarah Frances, and Quincy Delight Jones, Sr., a semi-professional baseball player and carpenter. Quincy Jones discovered music in grade school and took up the trumpet. When he was 10, his family moved to Seattle, Washington. In 1951, Jones won a scholarship to the Schillinger House in Boston, but he abandoned his studies when he received an offer to tour as a trumpeter with the band leader Lionel Hampton. While Jones was on the road with Hampton, he displayed a gift for arranging songs. Jones relocated to New York City, where he received a number of freelance commissions arranging songs for artists like Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, and his old friend Ray Charles. Quincy Jones moved to Paris, France in 1957. He studied music composition and theory. Quincy Jones also performed at the Paris Olympia, then Quincy Jones formed his own band and organized a tour of North America and Europe. In the 1960s, Quincy Jones worked as an arranger for some of the most important artists of the era, including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, and Dinah Washington. In 2001, Quincy Jones published his autobiography Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones. On July 31st, 2007, Jones partnered with Wizzard Media to launch the Quincy Jones Video Podcast. In each episode, Quincy Jones shares his knowledge and experience in the music industry. |
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