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Birthday: March 14, 2033
Born in Chicago, African-American composer/musician Quincy Jones grew up in Seattle. An alumnus of both the Berklee School and Boston's Schillinger school of music, the 17-year-old Jones became a trumpeter/arranger for Dizzy Gillespie, then toured with Lionel Hampton before organizing his own band. From the late '50s through 1968, Jones held down executive posts at Barclay ...more
- 1985
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Score
- The Color Purple
- nom
- 1985
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Song
- The Color Purple
- nom
- 1985
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Picture
- The Color Purple
- nom
- 1978
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score
- The Wiz
- nom
- 1999
- Fantasia 2000
- Narrator
- 1994
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Client
- Himself
- 1993
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Alma Mater
- Himself
- 1990
- Saturday Night Live: Quincy Jones
- Host/Musical Guest
- 2005
- The Art of 16 Bars
- Executive Producer
- 2005
- MADtv: The Best of Seasons 8-10
- Executive Producer
- 2005
- Rockin' the Corps
- Executive Producer
- 2005
- Get Rich or Die Tryin'
- Composer (Music Score)
- 2001
- Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel - The Life of an Outlaw
- Executive Producer
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