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Life Growing Up

• Quincy Delight Jones Jr. was born March 14, 1933
  on the South side of Chicago. His father, Quincy
  Jones Sr., was a hard working, master carpenter.
  His mother, Sarah Jones, was a very educated
  woman who managed an apartment complex in their
  town. Quincy also had a younger brother, Lloyd
  Jones, of whom he was very protective.

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• Life on the South side of Chicago was all about
  survival for Quincy and his family. The
  neighborhood where he lived was full of gangs and
  violence. In fact, because of all the murders
  and fighting that took place, Quincys side of
  town was know as the Bucket of Blood.

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• When Quincy was about 7 years old, his mother
  was admitted into a mental institution. Finding
  it hard to take care of two small boys alone,
  Quincys father took the boys to live with his
  mother, Susan Jones, an ex-slave who lived in
  Louisville. After about a year, Quincys father
  returned for them and together they went back to
  Chicago.

• After being in Chicago for only a short time,
  Quincys father took the boys and rushed off to
  Bremerton, Washington where they remained. When
  their father left for work everyday, the boys
  were left to fend for themselves. Some days, a
  bag cough drops was the only thing they had to
  eat and they made the most of it.

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Why Music?

• One day, Quincy and a group of other kids broke
  into a rec center where there was stored food.
  Quincy spotted a piano and began to tinker on it.
  It was at that moment that Quincy found peace.
  At age 11, music became Quincys therapy for all
  the things that had gone wrong in is short
  lifetime. Through music, Quincy learned how to
  channel his anger, his hurt, his fears.

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• Once Q realized music was his true love, he did
  everything he could to learn it.
  
• Q joined the school choir and the band. He
  played every instrument until he found the one he
  liked the mostthe trumpet.
  
• Q didnt stop at just learning how to play an
  instrument. He soon began to write and arrange
  music as well.

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Who Taught Q?

• Ray Charles
• Bumps Blackwell
• Nadia Boulanger
• Clark Terry
• Eddie Lewis
• Frank Waldron
• Count Basie

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• Q received trumpet lessons from Clark Terry, a
  member of the Count Basie band.
  
• Ray Charles and Q met when they were teenagers.
  Ray was 16, Q was 14. At the age of 16 Ray
  Charles had his own apartment and took care of
  himself. Q would often visit and learn all he
  could from him.
• Nadia Boulanger was one of many influences in Qs
  life. She was the 1st woman to conduct the New
  York Philharmonic. Great composers such as Aaron
  Copland, Igor Stravinsky, and Maurice Ravel have
  studied with her- just to name a few. In order
  to become a student of Nadias one had to
  audition. Gershwin auditioned for her but she
  turned him down because she felt hed already
  perfected his style. Q studied under Nadia and
  she later referred to Q and Stravinsky as two of
  the most influential musicians shed ever known.

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• Count Basie was also a major influence in Qs
  life.
  
• Count Basie Qs mentor since he was about 12
  years old. To Q, Count Basie was a father, a
  brother, a managerfamily.

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Q, The Working Musician

• At age 15, Q was already playing for Billie
  Holiday.
  
• At age 18 he won a scholarship to the Schillinger
  House which is now known as Berklee School of
  Music.
  
• Q suddenly dropped out of school when he got an
  offer to tour with the Lionel Hampton Band.
  
• By age 23 he was a trumpeter and a music director
  in the Dizzie Gillespie band.
  

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• He not only performed with various bands, he also
  wrote charts for people such as Ray Charles, Duke
  Ellington, Sarah Vaughn, and Dinah Washington
  just to name a few.

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Q, The Composer,Conductor,Producer

• In 1964, Q became the first African American vice
  president of Mercury Records.
  
• Q composed 33 major motion picture scores
  including The Pawnbroker and The Slender
  Thread starring Sydney Portier.
  
• He wrote the theme music for Sanford and Son ,
  The Cosby Show, and the Fresh Prince of
  Belaire.
  
• He also composed the music for Kill Bill and
  Austin Powers.

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• Q produced The Color Purple and Michael
  Jacksons albums Off The Wall, and Thriller.

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Awards and Accomplishments

• Since 1961, Q has written film scores for 34
  motion pictures.
  
• Hes written 13 television scores, 4 animated
  films, and produced 4 music videos.
  
• Q has received
• 29 Grammy Awards
• 74 Grammy Nominations
• 25 Grammy Participation Certificates
• 1 American Music Award
• 1 Academy Award
• 7 Academy Award Nominations
• 23 Humanitarian Awards

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• Hes also received Emmy Awards, MTV Awards, Image
  Awards, Ebony Music Awards, Golden Globe
  Nominations, and many more.
  
• Q has received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts,
  Arts and Letters, Music, Philosophy, Fine Arts,
  and many other academic awards.