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Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. [1] . His career spans over 70 years, with 28 Grammy Awards won out of 80 nominations, [2] and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992.
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Quincy Jones is a record producer, musician and film producer who was convinced at an early age to explore music by his teenage friend Ray Charles. He played in various bands through the 1950s, began composing for film and television in the mid-1960s and eventually produced over 50 scores. He has worked with famous musicians such as Michael Jackson...
Famed producer Quincy Jones was born Quincy Delight Jr. on March 14, 1933, in Chicago, Illinois. A multifaceted jazz and pop figure, his career began when he played trumpet and arranged for Lionel Hampton (1951-1953). Jones then worked as a freelance arranger on many jazz sessions. He served as musical director for Dizzy Gillespie's overseas big-ba...
In 1975, Jones founded Qwest Productions, for which he arranged and produced hugely successful albums by Frank Sinatra and other major pop figures. In 1978, he produced the soundtrack for the musical adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz, starring Michael Jackson and Diana Ross. In 1982, Jones produced Jackson's all-time best-selling album Thrill...
In 1985, Jones used his clout among major American recording artists to record the much-celebrated anthem "We Are the World" to raise money for victims of famine in Ethiopia. His work on behalf of social causes has spanned his career, including the Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation, which built more than 100 homes in South Africa in 2001. The chari...
Jones produced the 1985 film The Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover, as well as the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996), starring Will Smith. He also published the magazines Vibe and SPIN, and in 1990 he formed Quincy Jones Entertainment (QJE), a co-venture w...
Jones has been married three times. His first marriage was to Jeri Caldwell from 1957 to 1966; they had one daughter together named Jolie. Jones was then married to Ulla Andersson, with whom he shares a son, Quincy, and a daughter, Martina, from 1967 to 1974. Jones' final marriage was to actress Peggy Lipton. The pair were married from 1974 to 1990...
Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, painter, voice actor and filmmaker, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of shorts.
Love Jones Productions has a distinguished record of collaboration with prominent industry leading enterprises. Our partners include renowned groups such as GRAMMYs, Day Time Emmy’s, Rihanna SavageXFenty, MTV Awards, The 49ers, Netflix, The Stellar Awards, and an array of other notable names. Love Jones Productions is an Emmy-nominated company.
Barnaby Jones. Barnaby Jones is an American detective television series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law. They run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California. The show was originally introduced as a midseason replacement on the CBS network and ran from 1973 to 1980.
Sep 28, 2018 · Actress, writer and producer Rashida Jones recalls with a laugh that when Tribeca Productions CEO/co-founder and family friend Jane Rosenthal approached her to co-direct a documentary about her ...
