Profile
Quincy Jones
Musician + Conductor + Producer + Arranger + Composer + Film Composer
Male
Born
Mar 14, 1933
Age
80
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Other Names
Jones, Quincy Del...
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. is an American record producer, conductor, arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including… Read More
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Romance
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Heba ElawadiFling 2006
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Lisette DerouaxDated 1999
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Mickella TuptaDated 1998
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Carol ReynoldsDated 1970 - 1972
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Devon WilsonFling 1965
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Jeri CaldwellMarried 1957 - 1966
Family
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Quincy Jones
Age 80
parents
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Quincy Delightt Jones, Sr.Father
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Sarah FrancesMother
children
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Martina JonesDaughter
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Kenya Julia Miambi Sarah JonesDaughter
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Jolie Jones LevineDaughter
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Rachel JonesDaughter
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Dwight Brown: The Apollo Spring Gala Honors Chaka KahnHuffington Post - 6 days ago
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Thomas Bähler: Slow And Steady Wins The Race: The Birth Of Anything Is PossibleHuffington Post - 7 days ago
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Georgia Jazz Musician Dies In Car CrashHuffington Post - 14 days ago
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Ga. Jazz Musician Killed In Car CrashYahoo News - Jun 04, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1933
Birth
Born on March 14, 1933.
TEENAGE
1951
18 Years Old
In 1951, Jones won a scholarship to the Schillinger House (now Berklee College of Music) in Boston, Massachusetts.
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TWENTIES
1956
23 Years Old
In 1956, Jones toured again as a trumpeter and musical director of the Dizzy Gillespie Band on a tour of the Middle East and South America sponsored by the United States Information Agency.
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1962
29 Years Old
He is well known for his 1962 tune "Soul Bossa Nova", which originated on the Big Band Bossa Nova album. "Soul Bossa Nova" was a theme for the 1998 World Cup, the Canadian game show Definition, the Woody Allen film Take the Money and Run and the Austin Powers film series, and was sampled by Canadian hip hop group Dream Warriors for their song, "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style".
THIRTIES
1963
30 Years Old
Jones was also responsible for producing all four million-selling singles for Lesley Gore during the early and mid-sixties, including "It's My Party" (UK No. 8; US No. 1), "Judy's Turn To Cry" (US No. 5), "She's A Fool" (also a US No. 5) in 1963, and "You Don't Own Me" (US No. 2 for four weeks in 1964).
1964
31 Years Old
In 1964, Jones was promoted to vice-president of the company, thus becoming the first African American to hold such an executive position in a white-owned record company.
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1966
33 Years Old
He continued to produce for Lesley until 1966, including the Greenwich/ Barry hit "Look of Love" (US No. 27) in 1965.
1971
38 Years Old
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In 1971, Jones would receive the honor of becoming the first African American to be named musical director/conductor of the Academy Awards ceremony.
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FORTIES
1981
48 Years Old
Jones's 1981 album The Dude yielded multiple hit singles, including "Ai No Corrida" (a remake of a song by Chaz Jankel), "Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways", the latter two featuring James Ingram on lead vocals and marking Ingram's first hits.
FIFTIES
In 1985, Jones scored the Steven Spielberg film adaptation of The Color Purple.
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1991
58 Years Old
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His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991.
LATE ADULTHOOD
In 2001, he published his autobiography, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones.
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2002
69 Years Old
In a 2002 interview, when Jackson was asked if he would ever work with Jones again he replied, "The door is always open".
However, in 2007, when NME.COM asked Jones a similar question, he said "Man, please!
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On January 6, 2009, Quincy Jones appeared on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly to discuss various experiences within his prolific career.
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2011
78 Years Old
On February 5, 2011 Quincy Jones appeared on CBS's Late night show with David Letterman.
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