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In a musical career that has spanned six decades, Quincy Jones has earned his reputation as a renaissance man of American music. Jones has distinguished himself as a bandleader, a solo artist, a sideman, a songwriter, a producer, an arranger, a film composer, and a record label executive, and outside of music, he's also written books, produced major motion pictures, and helped create television series. And a quick look at a few of the artists Jones has worked with suggests the remarkable diversity of his career — Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Lesley Gore, Michael Jackson, Peggy Lee, Ray Charles, Paul Simon, and Aretha Franklin.

Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 14, 1933. When he was still a youngster, his family moved to Seattle, WA, and he soon developed an interest in music. In his early teens, Jones began learning the trumpet, and started singing with a local gospel group. By the time he graduated from high school in 1950, Jones had displayed enough promise to win a scholarship to Boston-based music school Schillinger House (which later became known as the Berklee School of Music). After a year at Schillinger, Jones relocated to New York City, where he found work as an arranger, writing charts for Count Basie, Cannonball Adderley, Tommy Dorsey, and Dinah Washington, among others. In 1953, Jones scored his first big break as a performer; he was added to the brass section of Lionel Hampton's orchestra, where he found himself playing alongside jazz legends Art Farmer and Clifford Brown. Three years later, Dizzy Gillespie tapped Jones to play in his band, and later in 1956, when Gillespie was invited to put together a big band of outstanding international musicians, Diz chose Quincy to lead the ensemble. Jones also released his first album under his own name that year, a set for ABC-Paramount appropriately entitled This Is How I Feel About Jazz.

In 1957, Jones moved to Paris in order to study with Nadia Boulanger, an expatriate American composer with a stellar track record in educating composers and bandleaders. During his sojourn in France, Jones took a job with the French record label Barclay, where he produced and arranged sessions for Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour, as well as traveling American artists, including Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan. Jones' work for Barclay impressed the management at Mercury Records, a American label affiliated with the French imprint, and in 1961, he was named a vice president for Mercury, the first time an African-American had been hired as an upper-level executive by a major U.S. recording company. Jones scored one of his first major pop successes when he produced and arranged "It's My Party" for teenage vocalist Lesley Gore, which marked his first significant step away from jazz into the larger world of popular music. (Jones also freelanced for other labels on the side, including arranging a number of memorable Atlantic sides for Ray Charles.) In 1963, Jones began exploring what would become a fruitful medium for him when he composed his first film score for Sidney Lumet's controversial drama The Pawnbroker; he would go on to write music for 33 feature films, including In Cold Blood, In the Heat of the Night, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, and The Getaway. In 1964, Jones' work with Count Basie led him to arrange and conduct sessions for Frank Sinatra's album It Might as Well Be Swing, recorded in collaboration with Basie and his orchestra; he also worked with Sinatra and Basie again as an arranger for the award-winning Sinatra at the Sands set, and would produce and arrange one of Sinatra's last albums, L.A. Is My Lady, in 1984.

While Jones maintained a busy schedule as a composer, producer, and arranger through the 1960s, he also re-emerged as a recording artist in 1969 with the album Walking in Space, which found Jones recasting his big-band influences within the framework of the budding fusion movement and the influences of contemporary rock, pop, and R&B sounds. The album was a commercial and critical success, and kick started Jones' career as a recording artist. At the same time, he began working more closely with contemporary pop artists, producing sessions for Aretha Franklin and arranging strings for Paul Simon's There Goes Rhymin' Simon, and while Jones continued to work with jazz artists, many hard-and-fast jazz fans began to accuse Jones of turning his back on the genre, though Jones always contended his greatest allegiance was to African-American musical culture rather than any specific style. (Jones did, however, make one major jazz gesture in 1991, when he persuaded Miles Davis to revisit the classic Gil Evans arrangements from Miles Ahead, Sketches of Spain, and Porgy and Bess for that year's Montreux Jazz Festival; Jones coordinated the concert and led the orchestra, and it proved to be one of the last major events for the ailing Davis, who passed on a few months later.)

In 1974, Jones suffered a life-threatening brain aneurysm, and while he made a full recovery, he also made a decision to cut back on his schedule to spend more time with his family. While Jones may have had fewer projects on his plate in the late '70s and early '80s, they tended to be higher profile from this point on; he produced major chart hits for the Brothers Johnson and Rufus & Chaka Khan, and his own albums grew into all-star productions in which Jones orchestrated top players and singers in elaborate pop-R&B confections on sets like Body Heat, Sounds...And Stuff Like That!!, and The Dude. Jones' biggest mainstream success, however, came with his work with Michael Jackson; Jones produced his breakout solo album, Off the Wall, in 1979, and in 1982 they teamed up again for Thriller, which went on to become the biggest-selling album of all time. Jones was also on hand for Thriller's follow-up, 1987's Bad, and the celebrated USA for Africa session which produced the benefit single "We Are the World" (written by Jackson and Lionel Richie), and he produced a rare album in which Jackson narrated the story of the film E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.

Having risen to the heights of the recording industry, in 1985 Jones moved from scoring films to producing them; his first screen project was the screen adaptation of Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple, which was directed by Steven Spielberg and starred Whoopi Goldberg. In 1991 he moved into television production with the situation comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, which gave Will Smith his first starring role. Jones' production company also launched several other successful shows, including In the House and Mad TV. He also produced a massive concert to help commemorate the 1993 inauguration of president Bill Clinton, and at the 1995 Academy Awards won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, a prize that doubtless found its place beside Quincy's 26 Grammy awards. In 1996 Jones performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival to celebrate his 50th anniversary in the music business. The concert was captured on video and released as a DVD by Eagle Rock. Jones spent the rest of the '90s and first decade of the new century concentrating on his music publishing business and being an "unofficial" cultural ambassador for the United States.

In 2004 he helped to launch the We Are the Future (WAF) project, benefiting children in conflict-inhibited situations all over the globe. The program is the result of a strategic partnership between the Glocal Forum, the Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation, and Hani Masri, with the support of the World Bank, UN agencies, and corporations. Jones personally lobbied President Barack Obama to create a secretary of the arts position in his cabinet. He also spent considerable time in Brazil, and in 2009 announced his plans for a film about Carnival and some of the nation's musicians and producers. In 2010 Jones released Q: Soul Bossa Nostra through his Qwest imprint, his first album in 15 years. The set featured appearances by popular vocalists Amy Winehouse, Usher, Tyrese, Tevin Campbell, and LL Cool J, among others. Ludacris and Naturally 7 reprised Jones' 1962 hit "Soul Bossa Nova"; the album's lead single/video was a cover of "Strawberry Letter 23" with lead vocals from Akon. In 2013, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a recipient of the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

Title: I'll Close My Eyes

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Pop

Title: Best Friends

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Caravan (1961)

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Only Way Is Up

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazz Abroad

Artist: Quincy Jones, Roy Haynes

Genre: Jazz, Bop

Title: Sermonette

Artist: Quincy Jones

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Title: A Sleepin' Bee

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Castanets Dance

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Title: Coffee Girl

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Title: Forest Walk

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Thoughtful

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Diamonds Club

Artist: Quincy Jones

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Title: Players Club

Artist: Quincy Jones

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Title: Steamboat

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: A Happy Easter

Artist: Quincy Jones

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Title: Aurora Borealis

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Blues Day

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Call Me Later

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Dancing Couple

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Delightful Trip

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Freestyle

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Hit It

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Indian Spirit

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Little Angel

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Look Down

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Masked Ball

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Stockholm Sweetin'

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Blues

Title: Stockholm Sweetnin'

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Ferris Wheel

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Time For Gifts

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Trombone

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Tropicana

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Sunflower

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: One By One

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Game Of Marbles

Artist: Quincy Jones

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Title: Good Prospects

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: White And Yellow

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Easter Singing

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Prismatic Colours

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Silver Nights

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Take 5

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Pop, K-Pop

Title: Live Through This

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Evening In Paris

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Joker Games

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Title: Moonglow

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Hip Hop/R&B

Title: International Earwig

Artist: Quincy Jones

Genre: Jazz

Collections

Title: Jazz Lounge

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazz Got Soul

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazz Pop Lounge

Genre: Jazz

Title: Soul Beats

Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul

Title: Jazz Divas

Genre: Jazz

Title: Top Jazz Singers

Genre: Jazz

Title: Pop Goes Jazz 3

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazzin' the Pop

Genre: Jazz

Title: 100% Funk

Genre: Jazz

Title: 100 Swing for Dance

Genre: Jazz

Title: 100% Big Band

Genre: Jazz

Title: 101 Big Bands Swing

Genre: Jazz

Title: Easy Listening Vol. 4

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Title: Super Funky Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: Funk Off!

Genre: Jazz

Title: Blues Anthems

Genre: Blues

Title: Rare Grooves

Genre: Jazz

Title: Mixtape; Soul Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: Bossa Nova Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: Best of Soul Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: U.S. Blues

Genre: Blues

Title: Jazz Got Soul

Genre: Jazz

Featuring albums

Title: 50s Jazz Mix

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: Oldies Jazz

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: Big Band Classics

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: Old Good Jazz

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: Midnight Jazz

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: Soft Jazz Trumpet

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazz Number 1's

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Jazz

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