Artist
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones is a soul artist from Chicago, Illinois, USA formed in 1951. 65 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Best soul albums
- 65
- Releases
- 1953–2024
- Active years
- 1951
- Formed
Artist
Quincy Jones is a soul artist from Chicago, Illinois, USA formed in 1951. 65 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Best soul albums
Most popular
Back on the Block
1989 · 14 tracks
The Dude
1981
You've Got It Bad Girl
1973
Q's Jook Joint
1995
Smackwater Jack
1971
Sounds... And Stuff Like That
1978
Love, Q
2004
Gula Matari
1989
I Heard That!!
1976
Plays Hip Hits
1963
I Dig Dancers
1960
Mellow Madness
1975
Body Heat
1974
The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones
1984
This Is How I Feel About Jazz
1956
The Birth of a Band
1959
Go West, Man!
1957
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones: Live!
1984
Cuts
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Live At Budokan (Live)
2024
The Slender Thread (Original Motion Picture Score)
2024
From Q, With Love
2019
The Birth Of A Band Vol.2
2019
At Basin Street East
2019
The Best Of Quincy Jones
2018
The Pawnbroker
2018
Et voilà !
2017
Mirage (Original Motion Picture Score)
2016
$ (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2015
The Color Purple (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2015
Explores The Music Of Henry Mancini
2014
Jazz Abroad
2013
Roots: The Saga Of An American Family
2013
Music From The Adventurers
2012
Q Live In Paris Circa 1960
2012
Compact Jazz
2012
The ABC, Mercury Jazz Big Band Sessions
2012
Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux
2011
Q: Soul Bossa Nostra
2010
Take 5
2010
Standards (Great Songs/Great Perfomances)
2010
Newport '61
2006
The Original Jam Sessions 1969
2004
Golden Boy
2003
Merry Old Man
2002
Watermelon Man
1995
Quincy Plays for Pussycats
1994
Strike Up the Band
1987
Quincy Jones - The Best
1985
Ironside
1975
Walking in Space
1969
In Cold Blood (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1968
The Deadly Affair (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1966
The Deadly Affair (The Original Sound Track Album)
1966
Quincy's Got A Brand New Bag
1965
Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini
1964
Big Band Bossa Nova
1962
Stockholm Sweetnin'
1958
Swedish American All Stars
1953
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Grammy Awards
×2
Governors Awards
×2
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
×1
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
×1
MusiCares Person of the Year
×1
NEA Jazz Masters
×1
Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
×1
BBC Jazz Awards
×1
Steiger Award
×1
Paul Acket Award
×1
National Humanities Medal
×1
Kennedy Center Honors
×1
National Medal of Arts
×1
Spingarn Medal
×1
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
×1
California Hall of Fame
×1
Library of Congress Living Legend
×1
Marian Anderson Award
×1
Primetime Emmy Award
×1
Horatio Alger Award
×1
honorary doctorate from Princeton University
×1
Global Citizen Awards
×1
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
×1
Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame
×1
honorary doctor of the University of Miami
×1
Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award
×1
Tony Awards
×1
Legion of Honour
×1
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
×1
Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, conductor, arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. In 1968, Jones and his songwriting partner Bob Russell became the first African Americans to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song; "The Eyes of Love" from the Universal Pictures film Banning. That same year, he became the first African American to be nominated twice within the same year for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the music of the 1967 film In Cold Blood. In 1971, Jones would receive the honor of becoming the first African American to be named musical director/conductor of the Academy Awards ceremony. He was the first African American to win the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1995. He is tied with sound designer Willie D. Burton as the most Oscar-nominated African American, each of them having seven nominations. At the 2008 BET Awards, Quincy Jones was presented with the Humanitarian Award. He was played by Laren…
