Quincy Jones, Legendary Music Producer, Dies at 91

Legendary musician Quincy Jones has died. He was 91.

Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, instructed the Related Press that he died on Sunday, Nov.3 at his residence in Los Angeles, surrounded by his household.

“Tonight, with full however damaged hearts, we should share the information of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing,” the household stated in an announcement, per AP. “And though that is an unimaginable loss for our household, we have fun the good life that he lived and know there’ll by no means be one other like him.”

The musician is survived by youngsters: Rashida Jones, Kidada Jones, Kenya Kinski-Jones, Quincy Jones III, Jolie Jones Levine, Martina Jones, and Rachel Jones. He’s additionally survived by grandchildren: Isaiah Jones Koenig, Quincy Renzo Delight Jones IV and Nea Jones. He’s godfather to actor-musician Quincy Brown who was named after the music nice.

With 28 wins, Jones is the second most Grammy awarded artist of all time — he is been nominated a file 80 occasions since 1961. The music icon has gained Grammys for producer of the 12 months thrice and he is acquired two Grammy awards every for each album and music of the 12 months.

He escaped demise in 1974 when he was simply 41 years outdated. The music extraordinaire had a mind aneurysm and underwent mind surgical procedure however was instructed quickly after that he had a second aneurysm able to explode. He underwent surgical procedure once more. On the time, he was instructed he had a one-in-a-hundred probability of surviving.

At 14, Jones fled from the quarters of his abusive stepmom — whom he stated did not name him by identify till he was 57 — to affix the Nationwide Guard, he revealed to GQ in 2018. He lied and stated he was 18 to affix, however was met with excessive racism. Throughout this time, he and a bunch of buddies have been heading to a rodeo in Yakima when a trailway bus hit them. He says everyone within the automotive died besides him — the scene was ugly and left him traumatized. He tried to take driving classes a couple of years later however he “simply could not do it” and has by no means pushed since.

Born on March 14, 1993, the Chicago native first rose to prominence as a trumpet participant in bands for jazz music greats together with Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie.

As a producer and arranger, Jones is partially behind the success of a number of music giants together with Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin and extra. He’s the producer of Jackson’s iconic 1982 basic “Beat It.” Not solely did Jones produce the hit, he additionally tapped late music virtuoso Eddie Van Halen to carry out the observe’s now legendary guitar solo.

Jones’ 1974 album Physique Warmth peaked at quantity six on the Billboard 200 chart. He has launched 13 Scorching 100 songs and a string of Prime 20 albums.