Shuffling pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, African and Brazilian musique into unique and extraordinary fusions, Quincy Jones has also been dubbed "a master inventor of musical hybrids." The liste of additional titles he has garnered includes: stage performer, composer, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, actor, record producer, motion picture and télévision producer, record company executive, magazine publisher and social activist. His remarkable versatility is paralleled only par the number of successes he has claimed.
Jones's career began with the musique of the post-swing era and continues through today's multi-media digital technology in the recording, film and télévision worlds. First publicly recognized in the 1950s as a young trumpeter with the Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie bands, today he stands alone as the most nominated Grammy artist of all time, with 76 nominations. He has composed over 50 major motion picture and télévision scores, earned international acclaim as producer of the historic "We Are The World" recording (the best-selling single of all time) and produced the best-selling album in the history of the recording industry, Michael Jackson's Thriller.
After over 50 years in montrer business, Quincy Jones has reached the essence of many different artists, and in doing so he has reached the essence of art itself; the ability to touch people's feelings and emotions.
