Quincy Jones facts for kids

Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
	Jones in May 2014
Born	Quincy Delight Jones Jr. ; March 14, 1933 (age 87); Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Jeri Caldwell; (m. 1957; div. 1966) ; Ulla Andersson; (m. 1967; div. 1974) ; Peggy Lipton; (m. 1974; div. 1990)
Children	7 (including Quincy, Kidada, Rashida, and Kenya)
Relatives	Richard A. Jones (half-brother)
Awards	List of awards and nominations
	Musical career
Genres	Rhythm and blues; funk; soul; big band; swing; bossa nova; jazz; hip hop; rock and roll; pop;
Occupations	Record producer; multi-instrumentalist; conductor; arranger; record executive; songwriter;
Instruments	Trumpet; French horn; drums; vocals; piano; keyboards; synthesizer;
Years active	1952–present
Labels	Warner Bros.; Columbia; Mercury; A&M; Qwest; Epic; ABC; Interscope;
Associated acts	Various Michael Jackson; Lionel Hampton; Ray Charles; Count Basie; Dizzy Gillespie; Clark Terry; Toots Thielemans; Sarah Vaughan; Aaliyah; Rod Temperton; The Brothers Johnson; Frank Sinatra; Eddie Van Halen; Nik Kershaw; Dinah Washington; Karina Pasian; Nana Mouskouri; Dean Martin; Sammy Davis Jr.; Patti Austin; Tamia; Tevin Campbell; Lesley Gore; Nikki Yanofsky; Caiphus Semenya; Emily Bear; Justin Kauflin; Jacob Collier; Jon Batiste; Jon Bellion; James Ingram;

Quincy Delightt Jones Jr., (born March 14, 1933) is an American arranger, composer, conductor, record producer, and film music composer born in Chicago, Illinois. He is particularly recognized as the producer of the album Thriller, by pop icon Michael Jackson, which has sold more than 110 million copies worldwide, more than any other album ever, and as the producer and conductor of the No.1 charity song “We Are the World”. He has been nominated for 79 Grammy Awards. He has won 27 Grammy Awards. This is more than any other artist who is alive. He has been nominated for 7 Academy Awards.

In 1990 Jones made his own company, Quincy Jones Entertainment, which produced The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He joined the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. He has seven children from five different mothers. His daughter Rashida Jones is an actress.

Career

Jones played trumpet on Dizzy Gillespie's 1954 album Afro. Quincy Jones' first album, This Is How I Feel About Jazz, was released in 1957 on ABC Records. Jones met Michael Jackson when they worked on the 1978 movie The Wiz. He produced Michael Jackson's 1979 album Off the Wall. He produced Jackson's 1982 album Thriller. The album won eight Grammy Awards in 1984. He produced the 1985 movie The Color Purple. The last Jackson album he produced was Bad. Bad was released in 1987. It sold 30 million copies. Jones sued Jackson's estate in 2013 for 10 million dollars. In 1994 Jones won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. In 2010 Q Soul Bossa Nostra was released. Many famous musicians sung on it, including Amy Winehouse.

Images for kids

Logo of Quincy Jones Productions used from 1970s to early 1990s
Quincy Jones in Venice in 1989
Jones worked with Michael Jackson as a producer on Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987).
Jones during an annual meeting in 2004 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2004
Jones at a performance of The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker, December 2010