Legendary composer and artist, Quincy Jones.
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Quincy Jones, legendary music producer, has died on the age of 91. As introduced by his publicist, Arnold Robinson, Quincy died on Sunday, November 3, at his dwelling in Bel Air, Los Angeles, as at all times, surrounded by his household.
‘Tonight, with a heavy coronary heart however damaged, we share the information of the demise of our father and brother Quincy Jones,’ the household mentioned in an announcement. ‘And, though that is an unimaginable loss for our household, we rejoice the nice life he lived and we all know that there’ll by no means be one other like him.’
Jones was thought-about one of the vital versatile pop cultural figures of the twentieth century. He was additionally identified for producing Michael Jackson’s albums Off the Wall, Thriller, and Unhealthy within the Eighties, which made the singer the best pop star of all time. Jones additionally wrote, produced and carried out music for Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer time, and lots of others. Not solely that, however as one of the vital proficient multi-instrumentalists, recording with a number of the finest musicians the world has ever heard, corresponding to the nice Depend Basie.
Quincy Jones accountable for a number of the finest identified soundtracks in historical past
He was accountable for composing and performing 37 of a number of the most iconic film and TV soundtracks, together with Within the Warmth of the Evening, The Italian Job, Roots, and the Color Purple.
In movie and tv, his manufacturing firm, based in 1990, had big success with the comedy The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air and different packages and continued to innovate effectively into the age of 80, launching Qwest TV in 2017, an on-demand musical tv service.
Jones is the third, after Beyoncé and Jay-Z, to have probably the most Grammy nominations of all time (80 in comparison with 88 of each artists) and is the third award winner, with 28 awards.