BIOGRAPHY
Quincy Delight Jones Jr., born March 14, 1933, is an American record producer, musician, and bandleader. Spanning six decades in the entertainment industry, his career includes 79 Grammy Award nominations, with 27 wins, as well as a Grammy Legend Award in 1991.
Jones gained recognition in the 1950s as an arranger and bandleader of jazz, going on to prolifically work in pop music and film scores. In 1968, Jones and Bob Russell became the first African-American producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for their work on the film "In the Heat of the Night." They were also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media the same year. Jones was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer in 2013.
Jones has won nine Grammy Awards, been nominated for an Oscar, received the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Jones also received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Governors Awards in 2016.