Quincy Jones Dead: Legendary Composer and Producer He Was 91

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Quincy Jones Dead: Legendary Composer and Producer He Was 91

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Iconic composer and songwriter Quincy Jones he is dead. He was 91 years old.

Jones died Sunday night at his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, his spokesman said Arnold Robinson he said, each of the many shops including The Hollywood Reporter and the Associated Press.

“Tonight, with full but sad hearts, we must share the news of the passing of my father and brother Quincy Jones. And while this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the wonderful life he lived and know there will never be another like him,” Jones’ family said in a statement.

Jones was born in March 1933 in Chicago but later moved with his family to Bremerton, Washington. After playing trumpet and piano in high school, Jones went on to attend Seattle University before transferring to Berklee College of Music. The singer later dropped out of college to work as a trumpeter, arranger and pianist Lionel Hampton.

After returning to New York after touring Europe in the late 1950s, Jones composed and arranged hits for artists such as. Count Basie, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan again Aretha Franklin. In the ’70s, Jones founded Qwest Productions, which later produced albums Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson and more. In 1982, Jones produced Jackson’s Thriller record – the best-selling album in history.

“Musically, we knew we ‘had it’ too Thriller. To this day I hear musicians trying to replicate its sonic power,” Jones said in an interview with the Library of Congress in June 2016. “It’s no accident that more than thirty years later no matter where I go in the world, in the whole world. club, like clockwork at the witching hour you hear ‘Billie Jean,’ ‘Beat It,’ ‘Wanna Be Starting Something,’ and ‘Thriller.’ In every language in the world, from the prison grounds of Thailand to Thrilltheworld.com, Thriller he still gives people ‘bumps.’ It’s amazing and very satisfying as an artist.”

In addition to his work on pop records, Jones also had a very successful career as a composer for film and television. He made his breakthrough as a composer of Sidney Lumet1964 movie The Pawnbroker. After the success of the film, Jones was in constant demand and worked in several films including 1966 Walk, Don’t Runin the 1970s Outside the Cities and 1972 The Getaway. Apart from film, he also composed the theme music for popular television shows of the time, including Sanford and Son, The Bill Cosby Show and a highly regarded sub-series Roots.

Jones made his debut as a film producer in 1985 Purple Color where he received an Oscar nomination for his score. In the ’90s, Jones founded the Quincy Jones Entertainment company that produced popular TV shows such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air again MADtv.

Throughout his decades in music, Jones has received numerous accolades for his achievements – including 28 Grammy Awards, a Grammy Legend Award, an Emmy Award, a Tony Award, and seven Academy Awards. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.

While Jones’ contributions to the music industry are unparalleled, the singer’s personal life has also made headlines over the years. He married three times and had seven children with five different women. In 1957, Jones got married Jerry Caldwell he adopted a daughter Jolie. After setting it up in 1966, Jones had a brief relationship with him Carol Reynoldswho gave birth to a daughter Rachel in 1963. Jones got married Ulla Andersson from 1967 to 1974. During their marriage the two welcomed a daughter Martina in 1966 and a son Quincy in 1968 (he also became a music producer). One day after his divorce from Andersson, Quincy married an actress Peggy Liptonwho adopted daughters A duck and an actress Rashida Jones in 1974 and 1976 respectively. The couple divorced in 1990. Quincy later dated an actress Nastassja Kinski from 1991 to 1995, she had a daughter with him Kenya in 1993.