Quincy has been doing his current gig for a long time. For crying out loud, in 1964 he created the theme song for the TV series Ironside. Ages ago, right?
He created the opening theme for the slavery mini-series Roots that continues to be one the best known themes in television history. He even recorded international artists in Europe before he became a household name like the great Henri Salvador (bossa nova à la Francais), Charles Aznavour and Jacques Brel.
He even worked with Frank Sinatra in his heyday in the ’60s, acting as his conductor and arranger for 3 years. One of his arrangements, “Fly Me To The Moon,” was the first song played by astronaut Buzz Aldrin when he landed on the moon in 1969. Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughn and Dizzy Gillespie also benefitted from his collaboration.
He has scored 33 major movies and produced the series that catapulted Will Smith’s career, The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. As if he wasn’t busy enough, he also founded VIBE magazine and is part-owner of SPIN magazine.
In 1968, Jones and his songwriting partner Bob Russell became the first African Americans to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song The Eyes of Love from the Universal Pictures film Banning (film).
That same year, he became the first African American to be nominated twice within the same year when he was nominated for Best Original Score for his work on the music of the 1967 film In Cold Blood. In 1971, Jones would receive the honor of becoming the first African American to be named musical director/conductor of the Academy Awards ceremony. He was the first African American to win the Academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1995.
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