has passed away Quincy Jones at the age of ninety-one. The news was announced by his agent through the American media.
Quincy Jones was, without a doubt, one of the great producers in the United States with a career that has spanned jazz, r’n’b, soul, funk and pop, signing albums and productions with some of the great names in history. In addition to countless soundtracks (working for directors such as Sidney Lumet, Sam Peckinpah or even Steven Spielberg), was the man behind some of the best-selling albums of Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett and above all Michael Jacksonwith whom he worked in “Off The Wall”““Bad” and “Thriller.”
For his work behind the controls and for his work on soundtracks, he earned a total of twenty-eight Grammy Awards and was nominated eighty times. As for his own discography, he released almost twenty albums in which he combined his roles as trumpeter, arranger and producer.
Jones was born in Chicago, but died at his home in Los Angeles, although To know his life in depth, we recommend reading the fantastic book “Q, autobiography of Quincy Jones”, published in Spain by Libros del Kultrum.