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Quincy Jones
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Trumpeters · 1933–2024

Quincy Jones

American record producer and composer (1933–2024)

Born
14 March 1933
South Side
Died
3 November 2024
Bel Air
Country
United States
Active
1951–2024
Record labels
Columbia Records, Verve Records, Mercury Records, Epic Records, A&M Records
Discography
61 albums

Biography

Quincy Jones was a jazz musician who played trumpet. Quincy Jones was born on 14 March 1933 in South Side and died on 3 November 2024 in Bel Air. The music is usually filed under jazz, soul and swing. Record labels: Columbia Records, Verve Records, Mercury Records and Epic Records. The discography here lists 61 albums, from “Swedish American All Stars” (1953) to “Quintessence Oldies Selection” (2025). Honours include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) (1977), Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella (1979) and Grammy Award for Record of the Year (1984).

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, musician, and composer. During his seven-decade career, he received dozens of accolades, including 28 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. Born in Chicago, Jones moved to Seattle with his family after World War II, where he attended the city's university. He then attended what is now the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before producing pop hit records for Lesley Gore in the early 1960s (including "It's My Party") and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations between Frank Sinatra and the jazz artist Count Basie. Jones produced three of the most successful albums by Michael Jackson: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987).

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Swedish American All Stars 1953 · Prestige This Is How I Feel About Jazz 1956 · ABC-Paramount Go West, Man! 1957 · ABC-Paramount The Birth of a Band 1959 · Mercury Records The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones 1959 · Mercury Records I Dig Dancers 1960 · Mercury Records Quincy Jones and His Orchestra at Newport '61 1961 · Live · Mercury Records Big Band Bossa Nova 1962 · Mercury Records Plays Hip Hits 1963 · Mercury Records Golden Boy 1964 Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini 1964 · Mercury Records Mirage 1965 · Mercury Records The Pawnbroker 1965 · Mercury Records The Slender Thread 1965 · Mercury Records
The Deadly Affair (The Original Sound Track Album) 1966
Walk, Don't Run 1966 · Mainstream Records Enter Laughing 1967 · Liberty In Cold Blood 1967 · Colgems In the Heat of the Night 1967 · United Artists For Love of Ivy 1968 · ABC Records Mackenna's Gold 1968 Cactus Flower 1969 · Bell Records The Lost Man 1969 · UNI Records Walking in Space 1969 · A&M Records John & Mary 1970 · A&M Records Smackwater Jack 1971 · A&M Records They Call Me Mister Tibbs 1971 · United Artists $ (Music From the Original Motion Picture Sound Track) 1972 · Reprise Records The Hot Rock 1972 · Atlantic You’ve Got It Bad Girl 1973 Body Heat 1974 · A&M Records Ironside 1975 · A&M Records Mellow Madness 1975 · A&M Records I Heard That!! 1976 · A&M Records Roots: The Saga of an American Family 1977 · A&M Records Sounds… And Stuff Like That!! 1978 · A&M Records “The Dude” 1981 · A&M Records The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones: Live! 1984 · Mercury Records The Color Purple 1986 · Qwest Records Back on the Block 1989 · Qwest Records Gula Matari 1989 · A&M Records Quincy Plays for Pussycats 1994 · Mercury Records Quincy's Home Again 1994 · Metronome Q’s Jook Joint 1995 · Qwest Records Jump for Jones 1996 · Forever Music Group Pawnbroker / The Deadly Affair 1996 · Verve In the Heat of the Night / They Call Me Mister Tibbs! 1998 · Rykodisc The Italian Job 2000 · MCA Records Merry Old Man 2002 · SPV Poland Quincy Jones + Harry Arnold + Big Band = Jazz! 2006 · Gambit Records Stockholm Sweetnin' 2007 · Documents The Split 2009 · Film Score Monthly Q: Soul Bossa Nostra 2010 · Interscope Records Take 5 2010 The Birth Of A Band - Complete Edition 2010 · Essential Jazz Classics Mackenna's Gold / In Cold Blood 2017 · Intrada All that Jazz, Vol. 128: Quincy Jones - "Ghana" 2020 · Jube Legends Banning 2021 · La‐La Land Records
Live At Budokan 2024 · Live
Quintessence Oldies Selection 2025 · Zoroty Distribution
50 Years In Music - Live At Montreux 1996

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Albums where Quincy Jones is credited as a sideman

1956 World Statesman — Dizzy Gillespie trumpet
1957 The Great Ray Charles — Ray Charles arranger
1957 Dizzy in Greece — Dizzy Gillespie trumpet
1957 Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band Jazz — Dizzy Gillespie trumpet
1959 The Genius of Ray Charles — Ray Charles arranger
1961 Genius + Soul = Jazz — Ray Charles arranger
1963 Ella and Basie! — Ella Fitzgerald & The Count Basie Orchestra arranger
1963 New Wave — Dizzy Gillespie producer
1964 It Might as Well Be Swing — Frank Sinatra, Count Basie And His Orchestra arranger, conductor
1965 A Man and His Music — Frank Sinatra arranger, conductor
1972 A Message From the People — Ray Charles arranger
1984 L.A. Is My Lady — Frank Sinatra with Quincy Jones and His Orchestra arranger, conductor, producer
1988 Till I Loved You — Barbra Streisand arranger, instrument arranger, producer
1993 Duets — Frank Sinatra arranger
2006 Ray Sings, Basie Swings — Ray Charles + Count Basie Orchestra arranger

Awards

Films about Quincy Jones

2018Quincy2018 film directed by Rashida Jones, Alan Hicks

Historic 78 rpm records

  • King of The River George Bruns & Tommy Cole · Quincy Jones his Orchestra and Chorus ·… · 1955 archive.org ↗
  • Yaller Yaller Gold Mike Stewart · Quincy Jones his Orchestra and Chorus · George Bruns… · 1955 archive.org ↗

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Quincy Jones play?

Quincy Jones is known for playing trumpet.

When and where was Quincy Jones born?

Quincy Jones was born 14 March 1933 in South Side.

What are Quincy Jones's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Swedish American All Stars (1953), This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1956), Go West, Man! (1957), The Birth of a Band (1959) and The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959).

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