Quincy Jones
Sound • Born 1933-03-14 – Died 2024-11-03
Biography
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.
Filmography
135 credits
Ronnie's
Movie • 2020
Self (voice)
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
Movie • 2001
Self
Fantasia 2000
Movie • 2000
Self - Host
The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
Movie • 2022
Self (voice)
Herb Alpert Is...
Movie • 2020
Self
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
Movie • 2008
Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Movie • 2023
Self
Ennio
Movie • 2022
Self
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones
Movie • 1990
Self
The Jazz Baroness
Movie • 2009
Self
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
Movie • 2022
Self
Prince: Musical Portrait
Movie • 1989
Self
Davi's Way
Movie • 2018
Self
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Movie • 2004
Self
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Movie • 2007
Self
David Foster: Off the Record
Movie • 2019
Self
Miles Davis with Quincy Jones and the Gil Evans Orchestra Live at Montreux 1991
Movie • 2013
Himself
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Movie • 2013
Self
I Love Quincy
Movie • 1984
Self
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
Movie • 2022
Lesley Gore: It's Her Party
Movie • 2001
Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Kylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Sidney
Movie • 2022
Self
Michael Jackson: Number Ones
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Diana
Movie • 1981
Self
The Greatest Night in Pop
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
The Jackson Family Honors
Movie • 1994
Self
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Movie • 1988
Self
Diane Warren: Relentless
Movie • 2025
Self (archival footage)
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
Movie • 1998
Self
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Movie • 2023
Self
Experience Montreux
Movie • 2013
Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Thriller 40
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Movie • 2019
Self - Musician
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
Movie • 1989
Self
Celia: The Queen
Movie • 2008
Self
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Movie • 1985
Self
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
Movie • 2015
Self
Don Lewis and The Live Electronic Orchestra
Movie • 2024
Self
I Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott
Movie • 2016
Self
Brando
Movie • 2007
Self
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Movie • 2016
Self
They All Came Out to Montreux
Movie • 2023
Self
Jazz Icons - Quincy Jones Live in '60
Movie • 2006
Anouk Aimée, la beauté du geste
Movie • 2012
Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Movie • 2013
Self
New Order Story
Movie • 1993
Self
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Movie • 2017
Self
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Movie • 2020
Self
King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
Movie • 2024
Self
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Movie • 2000
Self
Quincy Jones: 50 Years in Music - Live at Montreux
Movie • 1996
An Evening with Quincy Jones
Movie • 2008
Sandy Wexler
Movie • 2017
Self
Q: The Man
Movie • 2009
Self
The Distortion of Sound
Movie • 2014
Self
Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
Movie • 2017
Himself
Kareem: Minority of One
Movie • 2015
Self
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Movie • 1986
Self
Quincy
Movie • 2018
Self
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
Movie • 2012
Self
Rising Above the Blues: The Story of Jimmy Scott
Movie • 2012
Self
The Jazz Ambassadors
Movie • 2018
Self
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Movie • 1995
Self
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Movie • 2018
Self
The World of Nat King Cole
Movie • 2004
Self
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Movie • 2018
Self
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Movie • 2002
Quincy Jones
The Wiz
Movie • 1978
Emerald City Gold Pianist (uncredited)
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
Movie • 2019
Self
Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound
Movie • 2008
Self
Wiz on Down the Road
Movie • 1978
Self - Music Arranger / Emerald City Gold Pianist
The Black Godfather
Movie • 2019
Self
It's Black Entertainment
Movie • 2002
Self
Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs
Movie • 2019
Self
Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
Movie • 2019
Self
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
Movie • 2017
Self
Quincy Jones & Friends - Live at Jazz Open Stuttgart
Movie • 2017
Self
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Movie • 2018
Self
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2001
Self
Letter to the President
Movie • 2005
Self
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
Movie • 2018
Self
More Than Jazz
Movie • 2016
Himself
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
Movie • 1965
Self - Conductor
Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
Movie • 2020
The Phil Collins Big Band - Live at Montreux 1996
Movie • 1996
Self
Michael Jackson: The One
Movie • 2004
Self
The N Word
Movie • 2006
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Movie • 2017
Self
You Don't Own Me
Movie • 2021
Self
Intimate Portrait: Natalie Cole
Movie • 1999
Self
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Movie • 2000
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
Movie • 1996
Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy
Movie • 2021
Self
A Great Day in Harlem
Movie • 1994
Self - Narrator
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Movie • 2012
Self
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Movie • 2021
Self
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
Movie • 2002
Self
The Earth Day Special
Movie • 1990
Self
Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand
Movie • 2024
Self
We Are Universal
Movie • 1971
Wheedle's Groove
Movie • 2009
Self
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Movie • 2021
Self
Quincy Jones | Music Man
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
The Real Malcolm X
Movie • 1992
Lady Be Good: Instrumental Women In Jazz
Movie • 2008
Self
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
Movie • 2019
Self
Creating Ragtime
Movie • 1998
Self
Best Week Ever
TV • 2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV • 1990
Quincy Jones
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
TV • 2005
The Boondocks
TV • 2005
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Ironside
TV • 1967
Life Goes On
TV • 1989
Dan Webster
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host & Musical Guest
Quincy Jones: The Many Lives of Q
TV • 2008
America Beyond the Color Line
TV • 2004
Self
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV • 2017
Self
Legends
TV • 2006
Self
Classic Albums
TV • 1997
Self
Empreintes
TV • 2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Sherman's Showcase
TV • 2019
Quincy Jones
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self (archive footage)
Science Fiction Film Awards
TV
Himself
Big World Cafe
TV • 1989