Quincy Jones, legendary producer and composer, dies at 91: 'Truly one of a kind'
Jones turned into as soon as surrounded by his early life, siblings and shut household at his dwelling in Bel Air, California. No extra details about his death will be launched at this moment, as the household requests privateness “on this time of colossal mourning,” Robinson mentioned.
The next observation turned into as soon as equipped from the Jones household:
“Tonight, with fats but broken hearts, we should portion the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing. And even though right here’s an top possible loss for our household, we personal fun the colossal lifestyles that he lived and know there will never be one other delight in him. He’s genuinely certainly one of a style and we’re going to have the option to miss him dearly; we take comfort and wide satisfaction in radiant that the love and pleasure, that were the essence of his being, turned into as soon as shared with the arena thru all that he created. Thru his tune and his boundless love, Quincy Jones’ coronary heart will beat for eternity.”
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Legendary tune producer and composer Quincy Jones died Sunday at his Bel Air, California, dwelling surrounded by his household. He turned into as soon as 91. ( Amy Sussman/Getty Shots for Movie star Warfare Night)
Jones, who turned into as soon as the well-known standard conductor-arranger to picture with a Fender bass within the mid Fifties, labored with many iconic artists starting from Frank Sinatra to Ray Charles to Michael Jackson.
He produced and conducted the greatest-selling single of all time in “We Are The World,” and three of Jackson’s albums, including the all-time simplest-selling album, Thriller. He additionally labored with Sinatra for three years as a conductor and arranger, and created the illustrious association of “Soar Me To The Moon.”
Jones, who has an excellent resume within the tune and movie commerce starting up within the Fifties, is certainly one of few artists to personal earned an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. (Isa Foltin/Getty Shots)
Jones started as vp of Mercury Records in 1961, making him the well-known Dusky govt of a fundamental picture firm, and held that space for just a few years before coming into the movie commerce, the build he additionally was very a success. He co-produced “The Color Red” in 1985 with Steven Spielberg, incomes 11 Oscar nominations, and he helped start the hit sequence “The Current Prince of Bel Air” in 1991 as an govt producer.
Jones additionally fashioned Quincy Jones Leisure, a co-venture with Time Warner, Inc., and the Quincy Jones Media Community during his decades within the leisure commerce.
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Jones’ work earned him many of of awards, including an Emmy, seven Oscar nominations, the Academy of Dash Picture Arts and Sciences’ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, 28 Grammy Awards and 80 nominations, and N.A.R.A.S.’ prestigious Trustees’ Award and The Grammy Living Memoir Award. He has additionally been awarded a unfold of global awards and honorary doctorates.
He turned into as soon as named a Kennedy Heart Honoree in 2001, identified by the National Endowment for the Arts as a Jazz Master in 2008 and turned into as soon as bestowed the National Medal of Arts – The US’s top possible inventive honor – in 2010.
Jones turned into as soon as no longer most productive a titan within the tune and movie industries, but a simplest-selling creator and known for his decades of humanitarian work. (A&M Records/Getty Shots)
In 2016, Jones won a Tony Award for Most efficient Revival of a Musical for the Broadway production of “The Color Red” and joined a genuinely uncommon club of artists who personal got an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.
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Jones turned into as soon as additionally a simplest-selling creator and longtime humanitarian, with distinguished charity work starting up within the 1960s.
He’s survived by seven early life and three siblings.
