Quincy Jones

Who is he? Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (March 1933) is an American music impresario, conductor,

record producer, musical arranger, Academy Award-winning film composer and trumpeter.

The list of additional titles he has garnered includes: stage performer, composer, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, actor, record producer, motion picture and television producer, record company executive, magazine publisher and social activist.

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His Companies: The Quincy Jones Music

Publishing Catalogue is home to over 1600 titles spannig five decades of music covering numerous musical genres including jazz R&B pop RocknRoll Hip-hop.

In 1993, Quincy Jones and David Salzman formed a permanent partnership called Quincy Jones/David Salzman Entertainment or QDE with Time Warner, Inc. with a concert for the inauguration of President Bill Clinton.





Why is he important?

His activism began in the 60s with his support of Dr. MLK. He is one of the founders of the Institute for Black American Music.

For many years he has worked on closely with Bono on a number of philanthropic issues.

In 2004, Jones helped launch the “We Are the Future” project, which gives children in poor and conflict-ridden areas a chance to live their childhoods and develop a sense of hope. The WAF I backed by the World Bank, The UN, and other major companies.

He has been acclaimed by Harvard University school of music as well the school of public health. Berklee College of Music considers Jones its most successful alumnus, Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver announced that Jones will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame. He has also received an honorary doctorate degree for his contributions to music and entertainment.

Styles and Artists he is associated

with: Jones is quoted with saying, "People have called me a jazz musician, but

that's ludicrous. I have yet to figure out what a jazz musician is." With his wonderful fusions of pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, and

African/Brazilian Jones has also been dubbed “a master inventor of musical hybrids.

Quincy Jones has worked with artists and major companies such as: Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Barbra Streisand, Toney Bennet, Michael Jackson, 98°, K-Ci & JoJo, Vanessa Williams, Barry White, and Ray Charles, R. Kelly, Tupac, Da’Brat, Bobby Brown, Naughty by Nature, Tommy Hilfiger Clothier, Nike, Blockbuster, Budweiser, Renault, and Simons

Along with numerous film scores he has composed including Stephen Spillberg’s “The Color Purple,” the hit song from Austin Powers, a slough of Quentin Tarrantino films, Jones continues to be a prowess in the music industry.

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