It’s surprising that Jones didn’t wind up working more closely with Ray Charles. The two met while teenagers in Seattle, forging a lifelong friendship. “Quincy had a loving style about him. He was genuine,” Charles recalled in Jones’ autobiography Q. “We hit it off right away.
magazine, was asked to name the greatest musical innovation of his storied career, he answered, “Everything I’ve done.” It’s hard to argue with that. Just look at the incomparable legacy that Jones, whoNov. 3 at age 91, has left behind. Born in 1933, he began as a jazz trumpeter, and he worked his way up to a spot in Dizzy Gillespie’s band while honing his chops as a producer, composer, and arranger for everyone from Count Basie to Duke Ellington and Ray Charles.
In the Sixties, Jones became a prolific soundtrack composer and a recording artist in his own right. A stroke in 1974 nearly ended his life, but he bounced back quickly, engineering the triumphant rise of Michael Jackson to solo megastardom, starting with 1979’s historic— altered the sonic landscape of the Eighties and beyond. The pop and R&B of the 21st century would be unrecognizable without his influence. Here are 20 of his greatest productions and compositions for other artists.
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