Sound · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born March 14, 1933
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.
MovieMichael Jackson: A Life in Music
2026
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MovieThe Groove Under the Groove
2026
MovieQuincy Jones, Music Man
2025
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MovieDiane Warren: Relentless
2025
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MovieOnce Upon a Time Michel Legrand
2024
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MovieHenry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
2024
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MovieKing of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
2024
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MovieDon Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra
2024
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MovieThe Greatest Night in Pop
2024
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MovieOprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
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MovieThriller 40
2023
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They All Came Out to Montreux
2023
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MovieMax Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
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Movie2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
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MovieSidney
2022
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MovieKylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
2022
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MovieTony Bennett: Forget Me Not
2022
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MovieJacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
2022
MovieEnnio
2022
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MovieThe Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
2022
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MovieDionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021
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MovieLike a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
2021
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You Don't Own Me
2021
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MovieSergio Mendes in the Key of Joy
2021
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MovieRonnie's
2020
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MovieHerb Alpert Is...
2020
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MovieCount Basie: Through His Own Eyes
2020
MovieJay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020
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MovieQuincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
2019
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MovieDavid Foster: Off the Record
2019
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MovieMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
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TVSherman's Showcase
2019
as Quincy Jones
MovieMontreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs
2019
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MovieThe Black Godfather
2019
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MovieDevil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019
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MovieReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
2019
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MovieQ85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
2018
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MovieQuincy
2018
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MovieDavi's Way
2018
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MovieIt Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
2018
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MovieThe Jazz Ambassadors
2018
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MovieUnbanned: The Legend of AJ1
2018
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MovieSurvivor's Guide to Prison
2018
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MovieQuincy Jones & Friends - Live at Jazz Open Stuttgart
2017
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MovieJazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
2017
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MovieSammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
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TVSteve
2017
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TVCarpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
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MovieFeel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
2017
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MovieSandy Wexler
2017
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MovieScore: A Film Music Documentary
2017
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TVSoundbreaking
2016
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MovieI Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott
2016
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MovieMore Than Jazz
2016
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MovieMichael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016
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MovieSinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
2015
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MovieKareem: Minority of One
2015
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MovieThe Distortion of Sound
2014
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MovieMarvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2013
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MovieMiles Davis with Quincy Jones and the Gil Evans Orchestra Live at Montreux 1991
2013
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MovieExperience Montreux
2013
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MovieRichard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
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MovieAnouk Aimée, la beauté du geste
2012
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MovieIceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
2012
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Rising Above the Blues: The Story of Jimmy Scott
2012
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MoviePaul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
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MovieWheedle's Groove
2009
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MovieThe Jazz Baroness
2009
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MovieQ: The Man
2009
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MovieQuincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
2008
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Quincy Jones: The Many Lives of Q
2008
MovieCelia: The Queen
2008
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MovieQuincy Jones: Breaking New Sound
2008
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An Evening with Quincy Jones
2008
MovieLady Be Good: Instrumental Women In Jazz
2008
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TVEmpreintes
2007
MovieBrando
2007
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MovieKing: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007
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TVLegends
2006
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TVThe One Show
2006
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MovieJazz Icons - Quincy Jones Live in '60
2006
MovieThe N Word
2006
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TVThe Boondocks
2005
TVThe Colbert Report
2005
TVThe Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005
MovieLetter to the President
2005
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MovieGenius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
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MovieThe World of Nat King Cole
2004
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TVAmerica Beyond the Color Line
2004
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TVBest Week Ever
2004
MovieMichael Jackson: The One
2004
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MovieLive and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
2003
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MovieMichael Jackson: Number Ones
2003
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TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
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MovieAustin Powers in Goldmember
2002
as Quincy Jones
MovieThe Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002
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MovieIt's Black Entertainment
2002
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MovieLesley Gore: It's Her Party
2001
MovieQuincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001
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MovieMichael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
2001
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MovieFrank Sinatra Memorial
2000
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MovieSidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
MovieFantasia 2000
2000
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MovieIntimate Portrait: Natalie Cole
1999
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Sternstunde Kunst
1998
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MovieQuincy Jones... The First 50 Years
1998
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MovieCreating Ragtime
1998
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TVClassic Albums
1997
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MovieQuincy Jones: 50 Years in Music - Live at Montreux
1996
MovieThe Phil Collins Big Band - Live at Montreux 1996
1996
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MovieWayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
1996
TVMADtv
1995
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MovieOscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
1995
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MovieA Great Day in Harlem
1994
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The Jackson Family Honors
1994
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MovieNew Order Story
1993
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MovieThe Real Malcolm X
1992
MovieListen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
1990
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TVThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
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MovieBenny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990
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MovieThe Earth Day Special
1990
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TVLife Goes On
1989
as Dan Webster
Big World Cafe
1989
MoviePrince: Musical Portrait
1989
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MovieThe Unforgettable Nat King Cole
1989
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MovieMichael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988
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TVSacrée soirée
1987
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MovieLooney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
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MovieWe Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985
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MovieI Love Quincy
1984
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MovieDiana
1981
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TVThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978
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MovieThe Wiz
1978
as Emerald City Gold Pianist (uncredited)
MovieWiz on Down the Road
1978
as Self - Music Arranger / Emerald City Gold Pianist
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host & Musical Guest
TVGreat Performances
1971
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We Are Universal
1971
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
1967
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TVIronside
1967
MovieFrank Sinatra Spectacular
1965
as Self - Conductor
TVThe Oscars
1953
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TVScience Fiction Film Awards
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