#Quincy Delight Jones Sr.

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Once a task has just begun, never leave it 'till it's done. Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all.

Quincy Delight Jones Sr. (Quincy Jones’s father), Quincy

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Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. There is virtually no corner of pop music that Jones, now 88, has not touched himself or influenced in some way. To say nothing of his Oscar- and Emmy-nominated work in landmark film and television projects like The Color Purple and Roots. Quincy Jones was born in Chicago to Quincy Delight Jones, Sr. and Sarah Frances. His father was a semi-professional baseball player and carpenter and mother was a bank officer and apartment complex manager. His mother suffered from schizophrenia and was admitted to mental hospital, which is why his father took a divorce from her and remarried. The whole family moved to Washington after that. He attended the Garfield High School in #Seattle and was involved in music all through his high school. He formed a band with his fellow schoolmates and won a scholarship to @berkleecollege of Music, Boston in 1951. Throughout the 1950s, Jones arranged and played trumpet for Lionel Hampton and then became a freelance arranger for jazz sessions. Later, he became the musical director for Dizzy Gillespie’s overseas band tour and moved to Paris and worked for Barclay Records. By mid-1960s, Jones became proficient in his art and started to produce his own pop records and composed for films and television, which helped African-American music gain more and more popularity in Hollywood. Jones finally founded his own production company, Qwest Productions in 1975. He got an opportunity to arrange and produce albums for veteran artists like Frank Sinatra and other prominent pop artists. Jones is the most Grammy-nominated artist in history, with 79 nominations and 27 wins for songs like, ‘I Can’t Stop Loving You’, ‘Walking in Space’, ‘Velas’, ‘Beat It’, ‘We Are The World’, ‘Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me’, etc. #blackhistorymonth #EverythangCulture https://www.instagram.com/p/CZr9kj7PbSs/?utm_medium=tumblr

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