Quincy Jones Family Tree & History, Ancestry & Genealogy

Publish date: 2024-05-09

Music with Universal Appeal

In July 1969 Frank Sinatra and the Count Basie Orchestra recorded Jones's arrangement of "Fly Me to the Moon" and it was the first music played on NASA's first lunar landing mission by astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
Quincy Jones produced three of Michael Jackson's arguably greatest albums - Thriller, Bad and Off The Wall

Oscars

1995 - Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Grammy Awards

1964 - Best Instrumental - I Can't Stop Loving You 1970 - Best Instrumental Jazz - Walking in Space 1972 - Best Instrumental Pop - Smackwater Jack 1974 - Best Instrumental - Summer in The City 1979 - Best Instrumental - The Wiz Main Title 1981 - Best Instrumental - Dinorah, Dinorah 1982 - Best Producer 1982 - Best Instrumental - Ai No Corrida 1982 - Best Arrangement - Velas 1982 - Best Cast Show Album - Lena Horne 1982 - Best R&B Group - The Dude
1984 - Best Producer 1984 - Best Recording for Children - ET 1984 - Best Album - Thriller 1984 - Best Record - Beat It 1985 - Best Arrangement - Grace 1986 - Best Video, Performance, Record - We Are The World 1991 - Best Instrumental - The Places You Find Love 1991 - Best Arrangement and Jazz Fusion - Birdland 1991 - Best Rap and Album - Back on The Block 1994 - Best Jazz Ensemble - Mile and Quincy Live 2002 - Best Spoken Word Album - The Autobiography of Quincy Jones

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