Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones (* 14. March 1933 in Chicago) is an US-American music, television and a film producer and musician.
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childhood
Jones is born in Chicago and buildup in Seattle.It visited the famous “Berklee college OF music” in bad clay/tone.
career
Jones began its career as 17-jähriger Trompeter for the Lionel Hampton Orchestra.
Into the 1950er years went it to New York, worked there as Arrangeur and took plates for Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, COUNT Basie, Duke Ellington, Dinah Washington and Cannonball Adderley up.
it went to 1957 to Europe and began as a producer for Barclay record to work, among other things for singers such as Charles Aznavour, Jacques Brel, Henri Salvador,Billy Eckstine and Andy Williams.
1961 he became the first afroamerikanische vice-president of a major label (Mercury record).
Apart from jazz it produced also Pop and began in the middle of the 1960er years to write film music.
Two years later, 1963, he won his first Grammy for its COUNT Basie -Arrangement “I can't stop loving you.”.
1964 it arranged the common album by Frank Sinatra and Count Basie, on which also a legendary version of the Songs “Fly ME ton of The Moon” is, which 1969 during the moon-landing was played. Exactly 20 years later(1984) Sinatra under Jones' line played its last solo album “L.A. Is My lady ".
1989 it produced the album “bakes on the block” up that and. A. a Coverversion of “Birdland” contains, in which Ella Fitzgerald, George Benson, Joe Zawinul participate.On the plate well-known names are to be heard like aluminium Jarreau, Take 6, George Benson, Joe Zawinul, Sarah Vaughan (one of their last photographs), Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles etc.
Admits became it particularly for its work as a producer of Michael Jackson, thatit end of the 1970er years met and for its most successful albums (off The barrier, thriller, bath) it is responsible. The album thriller is with approximately 60 million sold units the album of all times sold usually with distance. Center of the 1980er years produced it the world hit“Incoming goods of acres the World “and the novel filming the color lila one, for which it also the OSCAR - nominated music wrote. Likewise it produced successful titles with the artists Aretha Franklin, Little smelling pool of broadcasting corporations and Herbie Hancock.
honors
for itsmusical work he was nominated already 77 times for the Grammy - 26 times he won the Grammy Award.
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| NAME | Jones, Quincy |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | US-American music, television and film producer and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14. March 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
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