Albums by Quincy Jones
ALBUMQ's Jook Joint (Expanded Edition)Quincy Jones
ALBUMBack On The Block (Expanded Edition)Quincy Jones
ALBUMThe Color Purple (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Quincy Jones
ALBUMThe DudeQuincy Jones
ALBUMCompact JazzQuincy Jones
ALBUMSounds... And Stuff Like That!Quincy Jones
ALBUMRoots: The Saga of an American Family (Music From and Inspired By the David L. Wolper Production of “Roots)Quincy Jones
ALBUMI Heard That!!Quincy Jones
ALBUMMellow Madness (2013 Remaster)Quincy Jones
ALBUMBody HeatQuincy Jones
Quincy Jones's Popular Music Videos
Pt. 1: OTHERtone: The Quincy Jones Interview
Quincy Jones, Pharrell Williams, Fam-Lay & Scott Vener
Pt. 2: OTHERtone: The Quincy Jones Interview
Quincy Jones, Pharrell Williams, Fam-Lay & Scott Vener
Pt. 3: OTHERtone: The Quincy Jones Interview
Quincy Jones, Pharrell Williams, Fam-Lay & Scott Vener
Pt. 4: OTHERtone: The Quincy Jones Interview
Quincy Jones, Pharrell Williams, Fam-Lay & Scott Vener
Lost Another Friend
TasteFull
Artist Playlists
Quincy Jones Essentials
Soulful, cerebral compositions, spanning genres and decades.
OTHERtone: The Quincy Jones Interview
Quincy Jones joins Pharrell to talk about his legendary career.
Quincy Jones: Flipped
Explore the influence of this iconic artist.
Quincy Jones: The Session Musicians
His credits cut across jazz, R&B, and plenty of soundtrack work.
Quincy Jones: The Producers
The maestro who helped Michael Jackson find the groove.
Quincy Jones: Deep Cuts
When it comes to jazz and pop, the arranger has a global ear.
Sampled: Quincy Jones
Artist Biography
Trumpet-blasting sideman to the stars. Frank Sinatra’s go-to arranger. Oscar®-winning soundtrack composer. Entertainment-industry mogul. Celebrity activist. Perennial hit-making pop producer. Across a uniquely varied, multidisciplinary career dating back to the early '50s, Quincy Jones has not only assumed countless roles, he’s set the gold standard for each. In the '60s, the Chicago-born Jones' bold, brassy arrangements exuded an uncanny mix of cocktail-clinking sophistication and in-your-face swagger, whether they were gussying up Sinatra’s historic set at the Sands, buoying Lesley Gore’s subversively empowering sad-girl anthem “It’s My Party,” or driving Jones' own “Soul Bossa Nova” (a.k.a. the Austin Powers theme). Just as effortlessly, Jones imbued his score for the racially charged 1967 drama In the Heat of the Night with ominous symphonic soul, tapping into the dark undercurrents of an unsettled America and offering an implicit rumination on the Black experience that would be rendered more vividly through his funky ’70s recordings. (Those louche, smoky grooves, in turn, became the foundation for countless hip-hop classics.) But Jones’ Midas touch had never been more potent than on Michael Jackson’s game-changing 1982 LP, Thriller. Its fusion of taut, post-disco dance grooves, sharp R&B hooks, and rock attitude redefined the sound and scope of the modern pop album—and cemented Jones’ status as the link between popular music’s jazzy big-band past and its studio-sculpted, club-hopping future.
Hometown
Chicago, IL, United States
Genre
Jazz