Quincy Jones Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Wiki & More

Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., also known as "Q", a Multifaceted Man who is an American record producer, actor, conductor, arranger, composer, musician, television producer, film producer, instrumentalist, magazine founder, entertainment company executive, and humanitarian. He was born in Chicago but soon moved to Seattle and has soon developed an interest in Music. He further says that he was introduced to music by his Mother who used to sing Religious songs. He began learning Trumpet and started singing with a local gospel group.

 

After completing his High School, he won a scholarship to Boston-based music school Schillinger House(Which later became known as Berkley School of Music). Later he moved to Paris in 1957 in order to study with Nadia Boulanger, an expatriate American composer.

 

He is a fine Trumpeter, a terrific arranger, and composer and is recognized as one of the landmark executives of the music industry, He has earned his reputation as a legendary man of American music. Not only in Music, he has proven his talent in writing as well and has written many books. He has produced major motion pictures and helped create television series.

 

He has spent almost seven decades of his life in Entertainment Industry and has grabbed 28 Grammys out of record-breaking 79 Grammy Award nominations. He is famous for his role in films Take it Back, Trash Talk, Fantasia 2000 and Yakety Yak. He was hired by a U.S. recording company at a senior level for the position of vice president at Mercury; this was the first time an African-American had been hired as an upper-level executive by a major U.S. recording company.