Quincy Jones Biography (1933-)

Full name, Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.; born March 14, 1933, in Chicago, IL; son of Quincy Delight (a carpenter and semi-professional baseball player) and Sarah (a bank executive and apartment complex manager; maiden name, Wells) Jones; married Jeri Caldwell, 1957 (divorced, 1966); married Ulla Anderson (a model), 1967 (divorced, 1974); married Peggy Lipton (an actress), 1974 (divorced, 1986 or 1990); children: (first marriage) Jolie; (second marriage) Martina-Lisa, Quincy D. III; (third marriage) Kidada (an actress), Rashida (an actress); (with Nastassja Kinski) Kenya Julia Miambi Sarah. Addresses: Office: Quincy Jones Media Group, 2800 Barham Blvd., 5th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90068.; Agent: Richard Rosenberg, William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer, arranger, producer, musician
Birth Details: March 14, 1933; Chicago, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Save the Children (documentary), Paramount, 1973
(Uncredited) Emerald City Gold pianist, The Wiz, Universal, 1978
Emerald City Gold pianist, Wiz on down the Road, 1978
Himself, Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (also known as Listen Up), Warner Bros., 1990
Boys N the Hood, Columbia, 1991
Narrator, A Great Day in Harlem, Castle Hill, 1994
(Uncredited) Himself, Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's, 1997
Host, "Rhapsody in Blue," Fantasia/2000, Buena Vista, 1999
Himself, Austin Powers in Goldmember, New Line Cinema, 2002
Also appeared in Blues for Trumpet, Koto, and Life GoesOn.
Film Work
Music Performer
For Love of Ivy, Cinerama, 1968
"Just Once," The Last American Virgin, 1982
"Brown Ballad" and "Moneyrunner," Fever Pitch, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1985
"Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song)," Boyz N the Hood, Columbia, 1991
"Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song)," Bowfinger, Universal, 1999
"Soul Bossa Nova," Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Buena Vista/New Line Cinema, 1999
Other
Orchestrator, The Pawnbroker, Landau/Allied Artists/American International Pictures, 1965
Orchestrator and music conductor, Banning, Universal, 1967
Music director, A Dandy in Aspic, Columbia, 1968
Music supervisor, Man and Boy (also known as Ride a Dark Horse), Levitt-Pickman, 1971
Music conductor, The Anderson Tapes, Columbia, 1971
Music supervisor, Come Back Charleston Blue, Warner Bros., 1972
Music and dance arranger, orchestrator, and music supervisor, The Wiz, Universal, 1978
Music arranger, Wiz on down the Road, 1978
Music producer, Best Friends, 1982
Song producer, "It's Gonna Be Special," Two of a Kind, 1983
Producer (with Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, and Frank Marshall), The Color Purple, Warner Bros., 1985
Executive music producer, Fast Forward, Columbia, 1985
Executive music producer and song producer, The Slugger's Wife (also known as Neil Simon's The Slugger's Wife), Columbia, 1985
Executive music producer, Fever Pitch, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/UnitedArtists, 1985
Executive producer, Brooms, QDE Entertainment, 1995
Producer, Steel, Warner Bros., 1997
Song producer, "9-5," Office Space, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
Executive producer, The Smokers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2000
Executive producer, Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel (also known as Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel--The Life of an Outlaw), Image Entertainment, 2002
Executive producer, Vacuums, Mediapro Pictures/Middle Ford Productions/Quincy Jones Media Group, 2002
Music supervisor and theme song arranger, Orfeu, New Yorker, 2002
Also executive producer of Stalingrad.
Television Appearances
Specials
Duke Ellington ... We Love You Madly, CBS, 1973
Diana, CBS, 1981
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1986
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary, CBS, 1986
Whatta Year ... 1986, ABC, 1986
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., NBC, 1986
Mancini and Friends, PBS, 1987
All-Star Tribute to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBC, 1989
"Bernstein at Seventy," Great Performances, PBS, 1989
The Songwriters Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary ... The Magic of Music, CBS, 1989
The Unforgettable Nat "King" Cole, The Disney Channel, 1989
Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration, ABC, 1990
Time Warner Presents the Earth Day Special, ABC, 1990
Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (also known as Frank Sinatra: 75th Birthday Celebration), CBS, 1990
Save the Planet: A CBS/Hard Rock Cafe Special (also known as The Hard Rock Cafe Presents Save the Planet), CBS, 1990
The MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon (also known as The 25th Anniversary MDA Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon), syndicated, 1990
The Meaning of Life, CBS, 1991
A Party for Richard Pryor, CBS, 1991
Host, Ray Charles: 50 Years in Music, Uh-huh!, Fox, 1991
A Very Special Christmas II, MTV, 1992
"Ray Charles: The Genius of Soul," American Masters, PBS, 1992
Michael Jackson ... The Legend Continues, CBS, 1992
Malcom X: The Real Story (also known as The Real Malcolm X), CBS, 1992
The 25th Montreux Music Festival, The Disney Channel, 1992
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs, Arts and Entertainment, 1992
AFI Salute to Sidney Poitier, NBC, 1992
An American Reunion: New Beginnings, Renewed Hope (also known as An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration), HBO, 1993
"Miles Davis: A Tribute" (also known as "Miles at Montreux"), Great Performances, PBS, 1993
Shirley Horn: Here's to Life, PBS, 1993
People's 20th Birthday, ABC, 1994
The Jackson Family Honors, NBC, 1994
"We Are the World": A 10th Anniversary Tribute, The Disney Channel, 1995
The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (also knownas The American Film Institute Life Achievement Award), NBC, 1995
Interviewee, Television's Greatest Performances, ABC, 1995
The History of Rock 'n' Roll, syndicated, 1995
Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony, ABC, 1996
The American Film Institute Salute to Clint Eastwood, 1996
Interviewee, Intimate Portrait: Gloria Estefan, Lifetime, 1996
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond, UPN, 1996
Nissan Presents a Celebration of America's Music, ABC, 1996
An Evening of Stars: A Celebration of Educational Excellence Benefiting the United Negro College Fund, Black Entertainment Television and syndicated, 1998
Frame after Frame: The Images of Herman Leonard, PBS, 1998
Interviewee, Monica Mancini ... On Record, PBS, 1998
Quincy Jones--The First 50 Years, ABC, 1998
League of Legends, 1998
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life, 1998
The Two Nations of Black America, PBS, 1998
Phil Collins--The Big Band, PBS, 1998
Frank, Dean, and Sammy: An Evening with the Rat Pack, TV Land, 1998
I'll Make Me a World: A Century of African-American Arts, PBS, 1999
Celebrity Homes, EQ Entertainment Television, 1999
The 2nd Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest, syndicated, 1999
(Uncredited) "Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light," American Masters,PBS, 2000
Interviewee, Stand and Be Counted, The Learning Channel, 2000
Interviewee, The Rhythm of Life, PBS, 2000
Interviewee, Oprah Winfrey: Heart of the Matter, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
Interviewee, It's Black Entertainment, Showtime, 2000
Interviewee, "Forever Ella," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
An Evening of Stars: A Celebration of Educational Excellence, NBCand syndicated, 2000
Presenter, The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the PerformingArts, CBS, 2001
Interviewee, Quincy Jones: In the Pocket, PBS, 2001
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, CBS, 2001
Interviewee, Intimate Portrait: Naomi Campbell, Lifetime, 2001
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand, Fox, 2001
Interviewee, Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television, TV Land, 2002
Elvis Lives, NBC, 2002
Interviewee, The Cosby Show: A Look Back, NBC, 2002
Interviewee, Intimate Portrait: Famous Families, Lifetime, 2003
Awards Presentations
The 43rd Annual Academy Awards, 1971
The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards, 1980
The 24th Annual Grammy Awards, 1982
The 58th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1986
The 28th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 1986
The 30th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 1988
The 20th Annual NAACP Image Awards, NBC, 1988
The 31st Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 1989
Grammy Legends Show (also known as Grammy Living Legends Awards), CBS, 1990
The 4th Annual Soul Train Music Awards, syndicated, 1990
The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 1991
The 23rd NAACP Image Awards, NBC, 1991
Presenter, Celebrate the Soul of American Music, syndicated, 1991
The 24th NAACP Image Awards, NBC, 1992
The 1993 Billboard Music Awards, Fox, 1993
Presenter, The 65th Annual Academy Awards Presentations, ABC, 1993
The Essence Awards, Fox, 1994
The 10th Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame, The Disney Channel, 1994
Presenter, The 4th Annual Environmental Media Awards, TBS, 1994
The American Music Awards, ABC, 1995

The Horatio Alger Awards, CBS, 1995
Honoree, The 67th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1995
The 68th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1996
The 27th Annual NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 1996
Presenter, The 10th Annual Essence Awards, Fox, 1997
Presenter, The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1997
The 39th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 1997
The 11th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (also known as Soul Train Music Awards: 11th Anniversary), The WB, 1997
The 12th Annual Soul Train Music Awards, syndicated, 1998
The 24th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1998
The 1999 ALMA Awards, ABC, 1999
Episodic
Les Appleton, "Eat, Drink, and Be Buried," Ironside, 1967
Guest, Soul Train, 1975
Himself, "Michael Jackson: A Tribute," America's Top 10, 1989
Host, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1990
Guest, Soul Train, 1990
Himself, "Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect: Parts 1 & 2," TheFresh Prince of Bel-Air (also known as The Fresh Prince Show), NBC, 1990
Dan Webster, "Last Stand in Glen Brook," Life Goes On, 1991
ABC in Concert, ABC, 1991
Himself, The Arsenio Hall Show, 1992
Guest, Dialogue with Black Filmmakers, 1992
Himself, "The Alma Matter," The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (also known as The Fresh Prince Show), NBC, 1993
Himself, "The Client," The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (also known asThe Fresh Prince Show), NBC, 1994
Himself, "Kill the Noise," New York Undercover, Fox, 1996
Guest, "Tyra Banks on the Beach," The Oprah Winfrey Show, syndicated, 1999
Interviewee, The Remarkable 20th Century, PBS, 2000
Guest, Late Show with David Letterman, 2001
Television Work
Series
Music director, The New Bill Cosby Show, CBS, 1972-1973
Creator and executive producer, The Jesse Jackson Show (also knownas Voices of America with Jesse Jackson), syndicated, 1990
Executive producer, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (also known as The Fresh Prince Show), NBC, 1990
Executive producer, Mad TV, Fox, 1995
Executive producer, In the House, NBC, 1995-1996, UPN, 1996-1998
Executive producer, Vibe, syndicated, 1997-1998
Executive producer, Lost on Earth, 1997
Also coproducer of The E. T. Storybook.
Specials
Music director, Rodgers and Hart Today, ABC, 1967
Producer and music director, Duke Ellington ... We Love You Madly,CBS, 1973
Music director, A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle, NBC, 1973
Music director, An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., NBC, 1986
Executive producer, The Meaning of Life, CBS, 1991
Conductor, "Great Performances' 20th Anniversary Special," Great Performances, PBS, 1992
Executive producer, A Cool Like That Christmas, Fox, 1993
Executive producer, An American Reunion: New Beginnings, Renewed Hope (also known as An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration), HBO, 1993
Executive producer, "Miles Davis: A Tribute" (also known as "Miles at Montreux"), Great Performances, PBS, 1993
Executive producer, The Roots of Country: Nashville Celebrates the Ryman, CBS, 1994
Executive producer, On Trial, NBC, 1994
Executive Producer, Concert of the Americas (also known as TheKennedy Center Presents), PBS, 1994
Song producer, "We Are the World": A 10th Anniversary Tribute, TheDisney Channel, 1995
Music conductor, Frank, Dean and Sammy: An Evening with the Rat Pack, TV Land, 1998
Music conductor, Phil Collins--The Big Band, PBS, 1998
Executive producer, America's Millennium, CBS, 1999
Awards Presentations
Music director, The 43rd Annual Academy Awards, 1971
Executive producer, The 68th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1996
Pilots
Co-executive producer, Heart and Soul, NBC, 1988
Executive producer, Livin' Large, ABC, 1989
Executive producer, Macio, UPN, 1997
Executive producer, Livin' in the USA, UPN, 1997
Miniseries
Co-executive producer, The History of Rock 'n' Roll (miniseries),syndicated, 1995
Executive producer, Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America, 2001
Movies
Executive producer, Passing Glory, Fox (some sources cite TNT), 1999
RECORDINGS
Albums
(With others) This Is How I Feel about Jazz, ABC/Paramount, 1956,Impulse, 1974
The Birth of the Band, Mercury, 1959
Q Live in Paris, c. 1960
The Great Wild World of Quincy Jones, Mercury, 1960
Newport, Mercury, 1961
I Dig Dancers, Mercury, 1961
Quintessence, Impulse, 1961
Big Band Bossa Nova, Mercury, 1962
Brand New Bag, Mercury, 1963
Quincy Jones Plays the Hip Hits, Mercury, 1963
Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini, Mercury, 1964
Golden Boy, Mercury, 1964
Quincy Plays for Pussycats, Mercury, 1965
Quincy's Got a Brand New Bag, Mercury, 1965
Sinatra at the Sands, 1966
Walking in Space, A&M, 1969
Gula Matari, A&M, 1970
Smackwater Jack, A&M, 1971
Summer in the City, A&M, 1973
You've Got It Bad Girl, A&M, 1973
Mode (re-issue), Impulse, 1974
Body Heat, A&M, 1974
Mellow Madness, A&M, 1975
I Heard That!, A&M, 1976
Roots (soundtrack recording), A&M, 1978
Go West, Man, Impulse, 1978
Sounds ... and Stuff Like That, A&M, 1978
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones, Mercury, 1981
The Dude, A&M, 1981
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music Live on Broadway, Qwest/WarnerBros., 1981
The Best of Quincy Jones, A&M, 1982
Q, 1982
(And producer and arranger) We Are the World, 1985
Back on the Block, Qwest Records/Warner Bros., 1989
Boys N the Hood (original soundtrack), 1991
Miles and Quincy: Live at Montreux, Reprise Records, 1993
Q's Jook Joint, Qwest Records, 1995
Cocktail Mix, 1996
From Q, with Love, Qwest Records, 1999
Q: The Musical Biography of Quincy Jones (four volumes), Rhino, 2001
Producer of the Michael Jackson singles "Off the Wall," 1979, "Thriller,"1982, and "Bad," 1987; also produced more than a dozen singles by Lesley Gore.
Videos
Executive producer, Frank Sinatra: Portrait of an Album, 1985
Himself, Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film--Volume II, 1997
Producer of the music videos "We Are the World: The Video Event," 1985; and "Bad" by Michael Jackson, 1987.
Audio Books
Narrator, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones by Quincy Jones, Simon & Schuster Audio, 2002
WRITINGS
Film Scores
Pojken I tradet (also known as The Boy in the Tree), 1964
The Pawnbroker, Landau/Allied Artists/American International Pictures, 1965
The Slender Thread, Paramount, 1965
Walk, Don't Run, Columbia, 1966
(And song "The Eyes of Love") Banning, Universal, 1967
The Deadly Affair, Columbia, 1967
Enter Laughing, Columbia, 1967
In Cold Blood, Columbia, 1967
In the Heat of the Night, United Artists, 1967
Mirage, Universal, 1968
The Counterfeit Killer (also known as Crackshot), Universal, 1968
(And song "If You Want Love") A Dandy in Aspic, Columbia, 1968
For Love of Ivy, Cinerama, 1968
(And song "Where Is the Love?") The Hell with Heroes, Universal, 1968
Jigsaw, Universal, 1968
The Split, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
(And song "I Needs to Be Be'd With") Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Columbia, 1969
(And song "A Time for Love Is Anytime") Cactus Flower, Columbia, 1969
(And songs "Getta Bloomin' Move On!" and "On Days Like These") The Italian Job, Paramount, 1969
John and Mary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
(And song "Maybe Tomorrow") The Lost Man, Universal, 1969
Mackenna's Gold, Columbia, 1969
The Out-of-Towners, Columbia, 1970
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, United Artists, 1970
(And song "The Eyes of Blue") Up Your Teddy Bear (also known as Mother and The Toy Grabbers), Geneni/Richard, 1970
The Last of the Mobile Hotshots (also known as Blood Kin and The Seven Descents of Myrtle), Warner Bros., 1970
Eggs (short film), 1970
Of Men and Demons (short film), 1970
The Anderson Tapes, Columbia, 1971
Brother John, Columbia, 1971
Honky, Jack H. Harris, 1971
$ (also known as Dollars and The Heist), Columbia, 1971
The Getaway, National General, 1972
The Hot Rock (also known as How to Steal a Diamond in Four EasyLessons), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
The New Centurions (also known as Precinct 45: Los Angeles Police), Columbia, 1972
Toda nudez sera castigada, New Yorker, 1973
Mother, Jugs and Speed, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
The Wiz, Universal, 1978
(And songs) The Color Purple, Warner Bros., 1985
(With Thomas Dolby) Fever Pitch, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (also known as Listen Up), Warner Bros., 1990
Also composer of the scores for Blues for Trumpet, Koto, and Life Goes On.
Songs Featured in Films
"Goof Proof" and "Skol Sister," Made in Paris, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
Title song, Come Back Charleston Blue, Warner Bros., 1972
Lyricist, Dig, 1972
"Can I Go On Not Knowing," "Emerald City Ballet," "Glinda's Theme," "Is This What Feeling Gets?," and "Poppy Girls," The Wiz, Universal, 1978
"In the Heat of the Night," The Rise and Fall of Ivor Dickie, 1978
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" and "Thriller," Making Michael Jackson'sThriller, 1983
Theme song, "Love (It's Just the Way It Goes)," The Slugger's Wife(also known as Neil Simon's The Slugger's Wife), Columbia, 1985
"Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)," Lost in America, 1985
"Brown Ballad" and "Moneyrunner," Fever Pitch, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985
"Body Heat" in "How Do U Want It," Gang Related, Orion, 1997
The song "Soul Bossa Nova" was featured in several films, including Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, 1997; Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (also known as Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me), Buena Vista/New Line Cinema, 1999; and Austin Powers in Goldmember, New Line Cinema, 2002.
Television Music
Series
Hey, Landlord, NBC, 1966-1967
(Including theme music) Ironside (also known as The Raymond Burr Show), 1967
The Bill Cosby Show, NBC, 1969-1971
Sanford and Son, NBC, 1972-1977
Theme song, "Chump Change," Now You See It, 1974
Sanford Arms, NBC, 1977
Sanford, 1980
Theme music, In the Heat of the Night, 1988
Theme music, The Oprah Winfrey Show, syndicated, 1989
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (also known as The Fresh Prince Show), NBC, 1990
Out All Night (also known as Up All Night and The Neighborhood), NBC, 1992
Grown Ups, UPN, 1998
Also composed music for Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre.
Pilots
Ironside, NBC, 1967
Split Second to an Epitaph, NBC, 1968
Killer by Night (also known as The City by Night), CBS, 1972
Miniseries
(With Gerald Fried) Roots, ABC, 1977
Specials
The Bill Cosby Special, Or?, 1971
The Meaning of Life, CBS, 1991
Autobiographies
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones, Warner Books, 1990
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones, Doubleday, 2001

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

The film Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones was based on Jones'sautobiography of the same title. The theme music for the television movie The Return of Ironside, broadcast by NBC in 1993, was based on Quincy'smusic for the series Ironside.

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Business Leader Profiles for Students, Volume 1, Gale, 1999
Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 30, Gale, 2001
Jones, Quincy, Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones, Warner Books,1990
Jones, Quincy, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones, Doubleday, 2001

Periodicals

Billboard, December 16, 1995, pp. 22-30
Black Enterprise, June, 1996, pp. 244-51
Interview, November, 1995, pp. 28-30
Jet, March 11, 2002, p. 45
New York Times, November 18, 1990
Parade, December 26, 1999, p. 22
People Weekly, October 15, 1990, p. 105; May 6, 1996, p. 172; March 8, 1999, p. 55
Playboy, July, 1990, pp. 57-66, 164-67
USA Today, November 7, 1995

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