Quincy Jones biography, Quincy Jones discography
Birth name
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.American to win the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1995.Wells), an apartment complex manager and bank executive, who suffered from schizophrenia , and Quincy Delight Jones, Sr.However, he abandoned his studies when he received an offer to tour as a trumpeter with the bandleader Lionel Hampton.While Jones was on the road with Hampton, he displayed a gift for arranging songs.Jones relocated to New York City, where he received a number of freelance commissions arranging songs for artists like Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, and his old friend Ray Charles.Career
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 State Department.Paramount Records and commenced his recording career as the leader of his own band.Jones became music director at Barclay Disques, the French distributor for Mercury Records and during the 1950s, Jones successfully toured throughout Europe with a number of jazz orchestras.Quoted in Musician magazine, Jones said about his ordeal, "We had the best jazz band in the planet, and yet we were literally starving.If I were to survive, I would have to learn the difference between the two."In 1963 Jones helped discover singer Lesley Gore, and produced some of her biggest hits, including "It's My Party".He also scored for television, including the shows Roots, Ironside, Sanford and Son, and The Bill Cosby Show, as well as the theme music for The New Bill Cosby Show titled "Chump Change," which would later serve as the theme for the game show Now You See It.Quincy Live at Montreux, was Davis' last released album (he died several months afterward) and is considered an artistic triumph.In 1985, Jones scored the Steven Spielberg film adaptation of The Color Purple.John Williams to have scored a theatrical Spielberg film.After the 1985 American Music Awards ceremony, Jones used his influence to draw every major American recording artist of the day into a studio to lay down the track "We Are the World" to raise money for the victims of Ethiopia's famine.When people marvelled at his ability to make the collaboration work, Jones explained that he'd taped a simple sign on the entrance: "Check Your Ego At The Door".Air, and MADtv, literary publications (Vibe and Spin magazines).In 2001, he published his autobiography Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones.On July 31st, 2007, Jones partnered with Wizzard Media to launch the Quincy Jones Video Podcast.In each episode, Jones shares his knowledge and experience in the music industry.The first episode features Jones in the studio, producing "I Knew I Loved you" for Celine Dion, which is featured on the Ennio Morricone tribute album, We All Love Ennio Morricone and is slated for an October 2007 release on Dion's forthcoming album.The result, Off The Wall sold a staggering 20 million copies and made Jones the most powerful record producer in the industry.After the Bad album, Jackson and Jones went their separate ways so that Jackson could produce his later solo works by himself.However, in 2007, when NME.COM asked Jones a similar question, he said "Man please, I've got enough to do.I've got too much to do.I've got 900 products, I'm 74 years old.Work with Frank Sinatra
Jones first worked with Frank Sinatra when he was invited by Princess Grace to arrange a benefit at the Monaco Sporting Club in 1958.He arranged Sinatra's second album with Count Basie, It Might as Well Be Swing (1964), and conducted and arranged 1966's Sinatra at the Sands.Lena Horne project was abandoned.Personal life
Jones has never learned to drive, citing an accident in which he was a passenger (at age 14) as the reason.One daughter, Jolie Jones Levine.In 1993 their daughter Kenya Julia Miambi Sarah Jones was born.He was advised never to play trumpet again as it might disturb the settings left in his head by the procedure.For many years he has worked closely with Bono of U2 on a number of philanthropic issues.One of the organizations programs is an intercultural exchange between underprivileged youths from Los Angeles and South Africa.Hani Masri, with the support of the World Bank, UN agencies and major companies.Jones supports a number of other charities including the NAACP, GLAAD, Peace Games and AmFAR.On July 26, 2007 he announced his endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president.American Studies Department is believed to be the first in the nation, and is presently held by the ethnomusicologist Ingrid Monson.In January 2005, Jones was honored by the United Negro College Fund at their annual Evening of Stars event for an entertainment career that has spanned over five decades.Berklee College of Music considers Jones to be its most successful alumnus, even though he only attended for a year.His original application for admission is housed in a display case at the school.He was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 1994.On May 20, 2007, Jones received an honorary doctorate of humanities degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.Honneur medal for his significant achievements in his career.Media appearances
Jones had a cameo in the 1997 video for the Puff Daddy song "Been Around the World" (as "Uncle Q").Jones was featured in the video; he also performed a cameo in Austin Powers in Goldmember, which also featured "Soul Bossa Nova" on its soundtrack.Jones was a guest star on an episode of The Boondocks.For the 2006 PBS television program African American Lives, Jones had his DNA tested; the test showed him to be descended from the Tikar of Cameroon, an ethnic group whose members are well known for their artistic and musical prowess.South Korean popstar BoA, a popular artist in Japan, released a single called Quincy in 2004 that was a "soul disco" song in homage to his legacy.In the sitcom Arrested Development, the character Starla claims to have had a relationship with Quincy Jones.If I'm boring, I'm not a movie star.African and Brazilian music into many dazzling fusions.Ella Fitzgerald
1964 It Might as Well Be Swing, Frank Sinatra
1965 Our Shining Hour, Sammy Davis, Jr.Alice Soundtrack
1979 Off the Wall, Michael Jackson
1982 Thriller, Michael Jackson
1984 L.Quincy Jones: The Story of an American Musician
Quincy Jones at the Internet Movie Database
Association for Computing Machinery Video Interview with Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones speech on the importance of Cultural Diplomacy throughout the world, Beijing, China, May 26, 2006
Quincy Jones biography and video interview excerpts by The National Visionary Leadership Project
Quincy Jones Picture Sleeve Discography at Quasimodobell.This page was last modified 05:19, 3 February 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Trivia:
Father of Quincy Jones III and Martina Jones with Ulla Andersson.Awards:
Nominated for 8 Oscars.The Life of an Outlaw (USA: video title) Vacuums (2002) (executive producer) ...Rock 'n' Roll Explodes The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol.Britain Invades, America Fights Back The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol.Guitar Heroes The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol.On Trial (1994) (TV) (executive producer) A Cool Like That Christmas (1994) (TV) (executive producer) Celebration of a Life: Steven J.We Love You Madly (1973) (TV) (producer) Composer:2000s1990s1980s1970s1960sGet Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) The Making of 'The Italian Job' (2003) (V) ...Getta Bloomin' Move On (UK) ...Preservation Society (UK) Cultivating a Classic: The Making of 'The Color Purple' (2003) (V) Conversations with the Ancestors: 'The Color Purple' from Book to Screen (2003) (V) The Color Purple: The 'Musical' (2003) (V) A Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting 'The Color Purple' (2003) (V) Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990) ...The New Centurions (1972) ...How to Steal a Diamond (UK: informal title) ...TV series (unknown episodes)Killer by Night (1972) (TV) ...They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!Towners (USA: poster title) Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970) ...The Seven Descents of Myrtle Mother (1970) ...Hot Mother (USA: reissue title) ...The Seduction of a Nerd (USA: DVD title) ...Crackshot A Dandy in Aspic (1968) In Cold Blood (1967) ...TV series (musical director) Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972) (music supervisor) Man and Boy (1972) (music supervisor) ...Kill Bill (USA: closing credits title) ...Kill Bill 2 (USA: informal title) ...Kill Bill (USA: informal short title) ...Can I Go On Not Knowing?Last Stand in Glen Brook (1991) TV episode ....NBC's Saturday Night (USA: first season title) ...SNL 25 (USA: alternative title) ...Emerald City Gold PianistWiz on Down the Road (1978) ....Betweens, a Life in Animation (2000) TV episode (special thanks) Malcolm X (1992) (special thanks) ...ET Weekend (Australia: weekend title) ...Episode dated 19 June 2007 (2007) TV episode ....Trumpet Awards (2007) (TV) ....HimselfTruth in Terms of Beauty (2007) ....Quincy Jones (2007) TV episode ....Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life (2007) TV episode ....HimselfAn Evening of Stars: Tribute to Aretha Franklin (2007) (TV) ....Episode dated 20 July 2004 (2004) TV episode ....HimselfKing: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007) (V) ....HimselfLegends Ball (2006) (TV) ....Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000) TV episode ....HimselfA Portrait of an Artist: The Making of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2006) (V) ....HimselfThe 20th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (2006) (TV) ....All Access Pass with LL Cool J (2006) TV episode ....Huey Freeman Christmas (2005) TV episode (voice) ....HimselfThe Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2005) (TV) ....Episode dated 11 November 2005 (2005) TV episode ....Episode dated 29 January 2004 (2004) TV episode ....Episode dated 17 February 1999 (1999) TV episode ....HimselfThe 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005) (TV) ....Conductor: 'Georgia On My Mind'Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (2005) (TV) ....HimselfAn Evening of Stars: Tribute to Quincy Jones (2005) (TV) ....HimselfThe 2004 Billboard Music Awards (2004) (TV) ....HimselfGenius: A Night for Ray Charles (2004) (TV) ....Word: Divided We Stand (USA: DVD box title) Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem (2004) (TV) ....Himself35th NAACP Image Awards (2004) (TV) ....HimselfConversations with the Ancestors: 'The Color Purple' from Book to Screen (2003) (V) ....HimselfA Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting 'The Color Purple' (2003) (V) ....HimselfAustin Powers in Goldmember (2002) ....Austin Powers: Goldmember (USA) The Cosby Show: A Look Back (2002) (TV) ....HimselfElvis Lives (2002) (TV) ....HimselfThe Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2001) (TV) ....HimselfMichael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001) (TV) ....Natalie Cole (1999) TV episode ....HimselfLeague of Legends (1998) (TV) ....The First 50 Years (1998) (TV) ....Miles Davis: A Tribute (1991) TV episode ....Himself (with Nastassja Kinski)The 39th Annual Grammy Awards (1997) (TV) ....HimselfThe 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1997) (TV) ....Volume II (1997) (V) ....Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony Magazine (1996) (TV) ....Kill the Noise (1996) TV episode ....HimselfAmerican Dreamers (1996) (TV) ....HimselfThe American Film Institute Salute to Clint Eastwood (1996) (TV) ....Hersholt Award RecipientThe History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol.Himself10th Annual TV Academy Hall of Fame (1994) (TV) ....HimselfA Great Day in Harlem (1994) ....The Client (1994) TV episode ....Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect: Part 2 (1990) TV episode ....HimselfThe 1993 Billboard Music Awards (1993) (TV) (uncredited) ....HimselfThe 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) (TV) ....Presenter: Best Original SongNew Order Story (1993) (V) ....Episode dated 15 September 1992 (1992) TV episode ....Himself (friend)Ray Charles: 50 Years in Music (1991) (TV) ....HimselfGrammy Legends (1990) (TV) ....HimselfListen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990) ....Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 (1990) (TV) ....HimselfThe 10th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1989) (TV) ....HimselfMichael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988) (V) ....Presenter: Honorary Award to Alex NorthLooney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986) (TV) ....HimselfThe Twelfth Annual People's Choice Awards (1986) (TV) ....HimselfWe Are the World (1985) (TV) ....HimselfThe 24th Annual Grammy Awards (1982) (TV) Diana (1981) (TV) ....HimselfScience Fiction Film Awards (1978) (TV) ...Quincy Jones (1975) TV episode ....We Love You Madly (1973) (TV) ....Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.But the magnitude of ego has long endured.Ego has probably been the great term for all human centuries, even before Freud invented the concept; for ego is the engine that drives human achievement, and, as Mailer wrote, "gives us authority to declare we are sure of ourselves when we are not."Still, Mailer has a point about the 20th century, the American Century.There is no French Dream, or Russian Dream, or African Dream, or British Dream, but everyone the world over knows about the American Dream.No other period has given the ego bigger stages or platforms upon which to realize itself and its ambitions than the American century.Popular culture is where the leveling and liberating impulses of democracy and the voraciousness of capitalism meet to produce the sublime and the ridiculous.And there, African Americans have vaunted their egos and made their psychic need for expression and their unwavering cry for justice and power reverberate around the country and across the globe.And his success, his rise to greatness, is as much the result of ego as of the immensity of his talent.This is highly unusual for any musician.The reason for this has a great deal to do with the inability of most people, even musicians, to listen to, let alone absorb and perform, a wide variety of music.Moreover, musicians who begin playing a kind of music when they form their identities as adults often continue to perform this type because it is so intricately and intimately tied to their sense of self when they reached that pivotal stage in life.And few musicians have the temerity to endlessly impose their will on any material at hand; to shape the world, artistically, not only on any terms but in any terms.It is interesting that of the beboppers who emerged after World War II only Miles Davis and Quincy Jones survived as major musical presences with fresh ideas beyond the age when anyone would have expected it of them.The careers of both men, in fact, ran parallel to each other, but in different directions.He was enormously attracted to youth, and when he became older, his sidemen continued to be young.Billy Taylor to examine the life and career of Quincy Jones.All Music Entry
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