Quincy Jones
By J Poet
Quincy Jones is one of the most versatile and award winning American musicians extant, with 79 Grammy nominations, 27 Grammys, a Grammy Legend Award, seven Oscar nominations, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the French Legion d’ Honneur, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music’s Polar Music Prize, Italy’s Rudolph Valentino Award, a Kennedy Center Medal, the BET Humanitarian Award, and honorary doctorates from Howard University, the Berklee College of Music and 12 other schools. He’s been a composer, record producer, artist, film producer, arranger, conductor, musician, TV producer, record company executive, multi-media entrepreneur and founder of... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Genre:
- Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
- Birthdate:
- 03/14/1933












