Fifty years ago, Quincy Jones received a gift from jazz giant Duke Ellington that predicted the future. “Before he passed, we did the ‘Duke Ellington … We Love You Madly’ TV special; my first ...
The late producer came from hardship and knew his history, which allowed him to see—and invent—the future of music.
The music superproducer knew that if you have to find your way to a kind of telepathy with an artist, operating as one mind, ...
Their work on “Off the Wall,” “Thriller,” and “Bad” set records for commercial success and defined the sound of the 1980s.
I first met Quincy Jones in 2011 at a lavish gala in New York City honoring Sean Penn for his work in supporting Haiti. Petra ...
He played the trumpet with Lionel Hampton, produced albums ('Thriller'), songs ("We Are the World," "It's My Party"), films ('The Color Purple') and TV shows ('Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'), scored movies ...
Quincy Jones, the musician, composer and producer whose work spanned everything from Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' to ...
The Grammy Award-winner, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and multimedia powerhouse passed away Nov. 3 at his Los Angeles ...
Grammy winner Quincy Jones worked with Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, and Aretha Franklin. Read about his career, wives, ...
In the 1990s Quincy Jones Productions got into TV production, including the hit show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, with Jones helping to launch Will Smith’s acting career, and Madtv. Jones also worked ...
Few artists have legacies so mammoth their very name could be considered synonymous with the music industry, but then again, ...
Quincy Jones, a prolific producer and the first Black executive at a major American record label, was best known as the ...