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 Leg ... end 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.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Quincy Jones
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 10, 1990
Life Goes On
as Dan Webster
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1989
Sherman's Showcase
as Quincy Jones
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 31, 2019
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
Quincy Jones: The Many Lives of Q
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 13, 2008
Great Performances
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 28, 1971
Best Week Ever
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 26, 2003
The One Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 14, 2006
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 08, 2005
The Boondocks
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 06, 2005
The Colbert Report
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 17, 2005
MADtv
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1995
Ironside
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1967
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 28, 1978
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host & Musical Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
America Beyond the Color Line
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 03, 2004
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 08, 2017
Legends
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 17, 2006
Classic Albums
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 14, 1997
Empreintes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 12, 2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2003
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