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 ...
Their work on “Off the Wall,” “Thriller,” and “Bad” set records for commercial success and defined the sound of the 1980s.
Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson's historic "Thriller" ...
To say the least, the passing of Quincy Jones has shocked the Black community. During his prime, Jones helped write, compose, and arrange some of the greatest pop hits in modern history for some ...
Jones also was a prolific writer of movie scores and co-produced the ... American popular music. "Thriller" sold as many as 70 million copies, with six of the nine songs on the album becoming top 10 ...
Music critic Maura Johnston and Michael Williams, a friend of Quincy’s and former MuchMusic VJ, reflect on his incomparable ...
Titan of American music dies at age 91 Worked with artists from Sinatra to Michael Jackson Produced all-time top seller ...
Much later, I would learn that what I was listening to was produced by Quincy Jones, the legendary American music producer ..
The producer, who died this week, was at the height of his powers during a legendary three-album run with Jackson.
The late producer came from hardship and knew his history, which allowed him to see—and invent—the future of music.
For decades, he had many of the pop world’s best players on call — and knew how to coax out their sharpest performances.