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Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones in 2004
Background information
Birth name	Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.
Also known as	Q
Born	March 14, 1933 (1933-03-14) (age 75) Chicago, Illinois
Origin	New York City, New York
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
Label(s)	Mercury, Qwest
Associated acts	Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra

Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is a American music impresario, conductor, record producer, musical arranger, Academy Award-winning film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, 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 two of the top-selling records of all time: the album Thriller, by pop icon Michael Jackson, which sold 104 million copies worldwide, and the charity song “We Are the World”.

In 1968, 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, he 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. 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. He is tied with sound designer Willie D. Burton as the most Oscar-nominated African-American, each of them having seven nominations.

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Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (born March 14 , 1933 ) is an American music impresario , conductor , record producer , musical arranger , Academy Award -winning film composer and ...