Quincy Jones Dies at 91
Associated Press, New York Times
Posted on: November 5th, 2024
Posted on: November 5th, 2024
Quincy Jones,
noted music producer, whose career spanned four decades, died on November 3, 2024 at the age of 91. He was most famous for producing the best selling album of all time, Michael Jackson's
Thriller.
His contributions to the music industry are legendary, which include the third highest total of Grammy Awards ever won by a single person - he was nominated 80 times and won 28. He was also a prolific arranger and composer of film music.
Mr. Jones's music has been sampled and reused hundreds of times, through all states of hip-hop and for the theme to the "Austin Powers' films. He was given honorary degrees by Harvard, Princeton, Juilliard, and other institutions, as well as a National Medal of Arts and a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master fellowship.
He composed the soundtracks to The Pawnbroker, In Cold Blood, and The Color Purple, among many other movies.
In 2017 he helped launch a video platform, Qwest TV, offering high definition streams of jazz concerts and documentaries, and in 2022 he appeared on the album Dawn FM by The Weeknd, performing a monologue on the track "A Tale by Quincy."
His contributions to the music industry are legendary, which include the third highest total of Grammy Awards ever won by a single person - he was nominated 80 times and won 28. He was also a prolific arranger and composer of film music.
Mr. Jones's music has been sampled and reused hundreds of times, through all states of hip-hop and for the theme to the "Austin Powers' films. He was given honorary degrees by Harvard, Princeton, Juilliard, and other institutions, as well as a National Medal of Arts and a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master fellowship.
He composed the soundtracks to The Pawnbroker, In Cold Blood, and The Color Purple, among many other movies.
In 2017 he helped launch a video platform, Qwest TV, offering high definition streams of jazz concerts and documentaries, and in 2022 he appeared on the album Dawn FM by The Weeknd, performing a monologue on the track "A Tale by Quincy."