Those are the words President Obama uses to describe the writer-producer-arranger-composer Quincy Jones near the end of the new documentary Quincy. Jones is one of the great musical figures of the ...

Quincy Jones was known to generations of fans due to a career that spanned from the radio to the big screen and the small. The acclaimed composer, musician and producer died Sunday night at his ...

Quincy Jones: the genuine musical genius who reinvented cool - Following news of the musician and producer’s death at 91, ...

Quincy Jones was laid to rest in a private funeral that included all seven of his children. The music icon’s “intimate ceremony” was held in Los Angeles one week after his death at age 91 on ...

In many ways, Quincy Jones, like some artists, managed to stay current—even at 91 years, he managed to move with the times. He started out in jazz, he studied with Nadia Boulanger , he’s ...

The late Quincy Jones’ life spanned the entirety of modern American pop music — a tradition he absorbed, influenced and reinvented for generations. It’s remarkable to look back on the ...

Quincy Jones, Master of All Things Musical, Dies at 91. He played the trumpet with Lionel Hampton, ... we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him.” ...

Legendary music producer, arranger, composer and media mogul Quincy Jones was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on May 18. In 2001, Fresh Air spoke with him about his career and working ...

As Jones later wrote, "I had never heard a name like that. Oprah spelled backward is Harpo, and we needed to cast Sophia, who was married to Harpo in The Color Purple . It had to happen." ...

Quincy Jones’ cause of death has been revealed. The music mogul died from pancreatic cancer, according to TMZ.. The outlet obtained a copy of Jones’ death certificate released by the Los ...

Quincy Jones holds out his hands. Like Jones, an easy raconteur, they tell stories. There's a small scar from when he, as a youngster in 1930s Chicago, accidently wandered into a gang's territory ...