Biography
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. was an American record producer and composer. During his seven-decade career, he received dozens of accolades, including 28 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Honorary Award · 2025
- Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame · 2021
- Tony Award — Best Revival of a Musical · 2016
- Spingarn Medal · 2014
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame · 2013
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- Global Citizen Awards · 2012
- National Medal of Arts · 2010
- California Hall of Fame · 2008
- NEA Jazz Masters · 2008
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards · 2002
- Marian Anderson Award · 2001
- National Humanities Medal · 2000
- honorary doctor of the University of Miami · 1999
- MusiCares Person of the Year · 1996
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award · 1995
- Grammy Legend Award · 1991
- Grammy Trustees Award · 1989
- Grammy Award — Best Pop Solo Performance · 1986
- Grammy Award — Record of the Year · 1986
- Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award · 1986
- Grammy Award — Record of the Year · 1984
- Grammy Award — Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella · 1979
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) · 1977
- BBC Jazz Awards
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- honorary doctorate from Princeton University
- Horatio Alger Award
- Kennedy Center Honors
- Library of Congress Living Legend
- Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
- Paul Acket Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Steiger Award
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1986 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1986 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1986 · nominated
- Grammy Award — Best R&B Song · 1985 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song Score · 1979 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1969 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1968 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1968 · nominated
- Grammy Award — Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media · 1968 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Tony Bennett: Forget Me Not
Sherman's Showcase
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Thriller 40
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Banacek
Michael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Ennio
The Boondocks
The Greatest Night in Pop
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
In the House
Bel-Air
Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy
Classic Albums
The Color Purple
In the Heat of the Night
Malcolm X
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
In Cold Blood
Quincy
Roots
Sidney
Herb Alpert Is...
Cactus Flower
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Score
Keep on Keepin' On
Under African Skies
Mad TV
The Getaway
The Slender Thread
Mirage
The Pawnbroker
The Color Purple
Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
Ronnie's
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Fantasia 2000
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
The Colbert Report
Saturday Night Live
The Italian Job
Ironside
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
Get Rich or Die Tryin'