Awards & Winners

Quincy Jones

Date of Birth 14-March-1933
Place of Birth Chicago
(Illinois, United States of America, Chicago metropolitan area, Area code 872)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Quincy Delight Jones II, Q, Leigh Warren, Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr., Quincy Delight Jones Jr., Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., Q, Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., Q. Jones, Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr., Leigh Warren, 퀸시 딜라이트 존스 2세, Quincy Delight Jones jr., Leigh Warren, Quincy Delight Jones, Jr, Quincy Delight Jones Jr., Q, Quincy Delight Jones Jr., Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., Q, Leigh Warren
Profession Record producer, Composer, Conductor, Musician, Television Producer, Trumpeter, Film Score Composer, Music Arranger, Film Producer, Actor, Singer-songwriter, Businessperson, Music Director
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. is an American record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, television producer, film producer, instrumentalist, magazine founder, record company executive, humanitarian, and jazz trumpeter. His career spans six decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991. 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, their "The Eyes of Love" for the Universal Pictures film Banning. That same year, he became the first African-American to be nominated twice within the same year for an Academy Award for Best Original Score, as he was also nominated for his work on the film In Cold Blood. In 1971, Jones was the first African-American to be named as the musical director/conductor of the Academy Awards ceremony. In 1995 he was the first African-American to receive the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. He is tied with sound designer Willie D. Burton as the African-American who has been nominated for the most Oscars; each has received seven nominations.

Awards by Quincy Jones

Check all the awards nominated and won by Quincy Jones.

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Musical The Color Purple

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Black Movie Award for Outstanding Television Movie Their Eyes Were Watching God

2002


Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Honored for : Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist

2001


Kennedy Center Honors
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
Honored for : Q: the autobiography of Quincy Jones

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album Q: the autobiography of Quincy Jones

2000


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist
Honored for : From Q with Love

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Male Artist
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album From Q with Love
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist From Q with Love

1997


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Soul Train Music Award for Best Jazz Album Q's Jook Joint

1996


NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist
Honored for : Q's Jook Joint

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Male Q's Jook Joint
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist Q's Jook Joint
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special The Academy Awards
The 68th Annual Academy Awards

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series The History Of Rock 'n' Roll

1993


Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Honored for : Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux
(Artists)

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Music Film Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux

1991


Grammy Legend Award

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist
American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album Back on the Block
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single - Group, Band or Duo The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)

1990


Soul Train Music Award for Heritage Award – Career Achievement
Soul Train Music Award for Best Jazz Album
Honored for : Back on the Block
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
(Producer)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Honored for : The Places You Find Love
(Arranger)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement
Honored for : Birdland
(Arranger)
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance
Honored for : Birdland
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
Honored for : Back on the Block
(Artist, Producer)
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Honored for : Back on the Block
(Artist)

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Soul Train Music Award for Best Jazz Album Back on the Block
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video I'll Be Good To You
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Male Back on the Block
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance Septembro
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Back on the Block
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance Birdland
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Birdland
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) The Places You Find Love
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Grammy Award for Album of the Year Back on the Block

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score The Color Purple

1985


Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Honored for : We Are the World
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
Honored for : We Are the World
Grammy Award for Best Music Video
Honored for : We Are The World - The Video Event

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Picture The Color Purple
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score The Color Purple
Academy Award for Best Original Song Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)
The Color Purple
Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal We Are the World
Grammy Award for Record of the Year We Are the World

1984


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement
Honored for : Grace

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song Yah Mo B There
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Grace

1983


Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
(Producers)
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children
Honored for : E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
(Artist, Producer)
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
Honored for : Thriller
(Artist, Producer)
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
Honored for : Beat It
(Artist, Producer)

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
Grammy Award for Record of the Year Beat It
Grammy Award for Album of the Year Thriller
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance Billie Jean

1982


Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album The Dude

1981


Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
(Producer)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Honored for : Ai no Corrida
(Arrangers)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement
Honored for : Velas
(Arrangers)
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Honored for : The Lady and Her Music
(Producer)
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Honored for : The Dude
(Artist)

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Album of the Year The Dude
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance Velas
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals The Dude
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album The Lady and Her Music
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Velas
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Ai no Corrida

1980


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement
Honored for : Dinorah, Dinorah

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Dinorah, Dinorah

1978


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement
Honored for : The Wiz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Track 1: Main Title - Overture Part One, Arrangers:)

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement The Wiz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Academy Award for Best Original Song Score The Wiz

1977


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition - Series
Honored for : Roots
(Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition For a Series (Dramatic Underscore))

Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition - Series Roots
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition For a Series (Dramatic Underscore)

1974


Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Body Heat
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance Along Came Betty

1973


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement
Honored for : Summer in the City
(Arranger)

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance You've Got It Bad Girl
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Summer in the City

1972


Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring Money Runner
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Something More
Honky

1971


Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Honored for : Smackwater Jack
(Artist)

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance Smackwater Jack

1970


Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special The Bill Cosby Show
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series (In Its First Year Only)
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song The Time For Love Is Any Time
Cactus Flower

1969


Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Honored for : Walking in Space
(Artist)

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Walking in Space

1968


Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song For the Love of Ivy
For Love of Ivy

1967


Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score In Cold Blood
Academy Award for Best Original Song The Eyes Of Love
Banning

1963


Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement
Honored for : I Can't Stop Loving You

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement I Can't Stop Loving You