Jones is credited as an arranger and conductor on the 1964 albumIt Might as Well Be Swing, which saw Sinatra being accompanied by Count Basie and his band. Two years later, Jones took on the same role for Sinatra’s Basie-accompanied live albumSinatra at the Sands. Nearly two decades woul...
By his own 30th birthday in 1963, Jones had already recorded a dozen albums under his own name. His 1962 single, “Soul Bossa Nova,” had a second life when it was featured in the title theme for the 1997 film, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery....
Jones - who Richie dubbed "the master orchestrator" - set the tone for the recording session with a sign that said: "Leave your ego at the door." Image:(L-R) Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Jones, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie in 1986. Pic: AP From Austin ...
Trying to choose 15 songs from Quincy Jones' illustrious career in music is a steep challenge, but you can't go wrong with these.
Though many of his most celebrated scores accompanied thematically hefty dramas, Jones was also the guy who composed the impish “Bossa Nova Soul,” later made famous for its usage in the Austin Powers films — which is to say, he excelled at writing frothy tunes, too. The Italian Job is...
4. About two decades before The Dude, Jones composed the massively influential “Soul Bossa Nova” instrumental, which has been used as the theme song for everything from 1997’s Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Streaming activity for “Soulful” leap...
Quincy Jones Net Worth: Quincy Jones was an American musical conductor, record producer, trumpeter, musical arranger, and television producer who had a net worth of $500 million.
Warner Chappell Music announced that it has entered into a global publishing agreement with the legendary Quincy Jones. The administration deal covers Jones’s genre-crossing songwriting catalog, as well as all current and future material. The pact, whic
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mix of cocktail-clinking sophistication and in-your-face swagger, whether they were gussying up Sinatra’s historic set at the Sands, buoying Lesley Gore’s subversively empowering sad-girl anthem “It’s My Party”, or driving Jones’ own “Soul Bossa Nova” (aka the Austin Powers theme)...