The late producer came from hardship and knew his history, which allowed him to see—and invent—the future of music.
Their work on “Off the Wall,” “Thriller,” and “Bad” set records for commercial success and defined the sound of the 1980s.
The producer, who died this week, was at the height of his powers during a legendary three-album run with Jackson.
For decades, he had many of the pop world’s best players on call — and knew how to coax out their sharpest performances.
Quincy Jones was known to generations of fans due to a career that spanned from the radio to the big screen and the small.
Quincy Jones, the polymath hitmaker who ruled the American music industry with a magic touch for well over half a century, ...
He played the trumpet with Lionel Hampton, produced albums ('Thriller'), songs ("We Are the World," "It's My Party"), films ('The Color Purple') and TV shows ('Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'), scored movies ...
Born Quincy Delight Jones Jr., he was the son of a Chicago carpenter and a housewife mother, who sang church songs at home.
Quincy Jones, the musician-producer whose work was on several of the biggest pop LPs of the century, has died at 91.
It was in the dollar bin at B&B Records, in Columbus, Ohio, that I found “Q’s Jook Joint,” a 1995 album curated, produced, ...
More than a singular talent, Quincy Jones shifted and shaped the very culture he was a part of. Born on the South Side of ...
Sunday night, 3, Quincy Jones died at his home in Bel Air, California, surrounded by family. His death marks the end of an ...