{"id":4821,"date":"2024-11-06T01:35:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T01:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=4821"},"modified":"2024-11-06T01:35:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T01:35:44","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-breaking-music-legend-and-28-time-grammy-winner-has-died-more-in-comments-%f0%9f%91%87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=4821","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Music Legend and 28-Time Grammy Winner Has Died More in Comments \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary producer, songwriter, composer, and musician <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/quincy-jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quincy Jones<\/a> died at his home in Bel Air, California on Sunday, . He was 91. Jones\u2019 publicist Arnold Robinson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/obituaries\/quincy-jones-musical-maestro-entertainment-industry-titan-dies-91-rcna42434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirmed<\/a> that the producer \u201cpassed away peacefully\u201d at home. No cause of death was revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones\u2019 passing,\u201d read a statement by Jones\u2019 family. \u201cAnd although this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a career spanning more than 70 years, Jones became one of the most influential figures in music, first as a musician throughout the 1950s, then as a composer, arranger, and producer in the \u201960s as well as a record producer, television and film producer, and songwriter. Jones was nominated for 80 Grammy Awards and won 28\u00a0of them, along with a\u00a0Grammy Legend Award\u00a0in 1992.<a class=\"YsLeY\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=i&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2024%2Fmusic%2Fnews%2Fquincy-jones-dead-grammy-winning-producer-1236199322%2F&amp;psig=AOvVaw32chB8KAE67H-jrZ0x6yac&amp;ust=1730943327552000&amp;source=images&amp;cd=vfe&amp;opi=89978449&amp;ved=0CBUQjRxqFwoTCLDwtMPIxokDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ved=\"0CBUQjRxqFwoTCLDwtMPIxokDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE\" aria-label=\"Visit Variety\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-485518097-1.jpg?w=1000&amp;h=667&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Quincy Jones Dead: Michael Jackson's Music Producer Was 91\" aria-hidden=\"false\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Born March 14, 1933,\u00a0in Chicago, Illinois, Jones started his career as a jazz trumpeter, eventually working his way into Dizzy Gillespie\u2019s band in 1956. As he fine-tuned his skills as an arranger, composer, and producer, Jones began working with artists like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/ray-charles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ray Charles<\/a> by the late \u201950s. In 1955, Jones also set the original arrangement of Big Maybelle\u2019s \u201cWhole Lotta Shakin\u2019 Goin\u2019 On\u201d before it became a hit by <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/jerry-lee-lewis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jerry Lee Lewis<\/a> three years later.<\/p>\n<p>During the 1960s, Jones scored his first film score with <em>The Pawnbroker<\/em> in 1965 and went on to work on the 1967 Sidney Poitier classic\u00a0<em>In the Heat of the Night\u00a0<\/em>and the Richard Brooks-helmed, Truman Capote-inspired\u00a0<em>In Cold Blood,\u00a0<\/em>and more as well as moving into television production.<\/p>\n<p>Jones later crossed over from being a musician and was in greater demand as a songwriter and producer working with some of the biggest artists in pop, jazz, soul, and funk, while producing everyone from <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/lesley-gore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lesley Gore<\/a> and her two biggest hits \u201cYou Don\u2019t Own Me\u201d and \u201cIt\u2019s My Party\u201d\u00a0and Gillespie\u2019s 1963 album\u00a0<em>New Wave!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary producer, songwriter, composer, and musician Quincy Jones died at his home in Bel Air, California on Sunday, . 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