Quincy Jones hil da
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Quincy Jones Bel Air-eko bere etxean hil da 91 urte zituela. “Gaur gauean, bihotza apurtuta baina beterik, Quincy Jones anaia eta aita hil zela iragarri behar dizuegu. Bere musikaren eta maitasun mugagabeari esker, Quincy Jonesen bihotza betiko egingo du taupa”, esan du familiak. Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Tony Bennet, Sarah Vaughan, Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, Michael Jackson eta artista handienekin lan egindakoa, Michael Jacksonen “Thriller” eta “Bad” diskoak eta “We are the world” kantuaren ekoizlea izan zen adibidez. Bere ibilbidean 28 Grammy sari lortu zituen, ekoizlea, musikaria (pianoa eta tronpeta jotzen zituen), konpositorea, moldatzailea, musikaren ikono handi izan da Quincy Jones, eta haren itzala itzela musikaren bilakaera eta historian orohar, baina batez ere musika beltzaren historia eta garapenean. Warner Bros, Columbia, Mercury, A&M, Qwest, Epic, ABC, Interscope eta zigilu handienekin lan egin zuen, Rhythm and blues, soul, funk, big band, swing, bossa nova, jazz, hip hop, rock and roll, pop eta disco musika landuz, ia guztia, ez zuen mugarik Jones-ek. Filmetarako eta telebistarako musika oso ezagunak ere idatzi ditu bere ibilbide eta lan sorta amaigabean.
1933ko martxoaren 14an jaio zen Chicagoko South Side-ean. 7 seme-alaba izan ditu, Bostongo kontserbatorioan egin zituen musika ikasketak, ospea azkar etorri zitzaion, orkestrarako moldaketak egin zituen Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington eta Peggy Lee kantarientzat. 1971n, Jones Oscar sarietako musika-zuzendari izan zen, lehen afroamerikarra, eta 1995ean, akademiaren Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award saria jaso zuen lehen afroamerikarra ere izan zen. Barack Obama presidenteak Jonesi Arteen Domina Nazionala eman zion 2011ko martxoan.
Sariak eta ohoreak
- Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music (1983)
- Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Ray Charles in 1984.
- Grammy Legend Award in 1992 (one of only 15 people ever to receive it).
- Third in the list of all-time Grammy award wins.
- Garfield High School in Seattle named a performing arts center after him.
- Quincy Jones Elementary School, located in South Central Los Angeles is named after him.
- Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards in 2008.
- John F. Kennedy Center Honors in 2001.
- National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama on March 2, 2011.
- Los Angeles Press Club Visionary Award in 2014.
- Honorary doctorate from the Royal Academy of Music, London, in 2015.
- Ahmet Ertegun Award in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
- In 2021, Jones was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame as a “foundational inductee”.
Film partiturak eta soinu bandak
- The Pawnbroker (Mercury, 1965)
- Mirage (Mercury, 1965)
- The Slender Thread (Mercury, 1965)
- Walk, Don’t Run (Mainstream, 1966)
- “Hey Landlord Theme” (1966–67) in Hey Landlord TV series
- The Deadly Affair (Verve, 1967)
- Enter Laughing (Liberty, 1967)
- Banning (1967)
- In the Heat of the Night (United Artists, 1967)
- In Cold Blood (Colgems, 1967)
- A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
- The Counterfeit Killer (1968)
- Jigsaw (1968)
- For Love of Ivy (ABC, 1968)
- The Hell with Heroes (1968)
- The Split (1968)
- Mackenna’s Gold (RCA Victor, 1969)
- The Italian Job (Paramount, 1969)
- The Lost Man (Uni, 1969)
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Bell, 1969)
- John and Mary (A&M, 1969)
- Original Sound Track: Cactus Flower (Bell, 1969) from Cactus Flower (1969)
- Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
- The Out-of-Towners (1970)
- Original Motion Picture Score: They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (United Artists, 1970) from They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
- Brother John (1971)
- The Anderson Tapes (1971)
- Honky (1971)
- “Sanford and Son Theme” in Sanford and Son included in You’ve Got It Bad Girl (A&M, 1973)
- Dollars (Reprise, 1972) from Dollars (1971)
- The Hot Rock (Prophesy, 1972)
- The New Centurions (1972)
- “Love Theme From The Getaway” (A&M, 1973) in The Getaway (1972) included in You’ve Got It Bad Girl (A&M, 1973)
- Roots: The Saga of an American Family (A&M, 1977) from Roots (1977)
- The Wiz original soundtrack (MCA, 1978) from The Wiz (1978)
- The Color Purple: Music From the Motion Picture (Quest, 1986) from The Color Purple (1985)
- Lola (2024)
Filmografia
- Fantasia 2000 (1999) – Himself (segment “Rhapsody in Blue”)
- Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) – Himself
- Sandy Wexler (2017) – Himself
- Quincy (2018) – Himself
- The Black Godfather (2019) – Himself
- Jay Sebring…. Cutting to the Truth (2020) – Himself
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