Quincy Jones - $ (Music From The Original Motion Picture Sound Track) (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue)

Description

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing pop hit records for Lesley Gore in the early 1960s (including "It's My Party") and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations between the jazz artists Frank Sinatra and Count Basie in the same time period. In 1968, Jones became the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Eyes of Love" from the film Banning. Jones was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the 1967 film In Cold Blood, making him the first African American to be nominated twice in the same year. Jones produced three of popstar Michael Jackson's most successful albums: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987). In 1985, Jones produced and conducted the charity song "We Are the World", which raised funds for victims of famine in Ethiopia.In 1971, Jones became the first African American to be the musical director and conductor of the Academy Awards. In 1995, he was the first African American to receive the academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. He is tied with sound designer Willie D. Burton as the second most Oscar-nominated African American, with seven nominations each. In 2013, Jones was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as the winner, alongside Lou Adler, of the Ahmet Ertegun Award. He was named one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century by Time.

Release Info

Artist: Quincy Jones
Label: Rhino Records (2)
Format: LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
Country: US
Label: Rhino Records (2)
Released: 2022-01-22
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Funk, Soul

Tracklist

A1 Money Is
A2 Snow Creatures
A3 Rubber Ducky
A4 Redeye Runnin' Train
A5 Shady Lady
A6 Money Runner
A7 When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) (End Title)
B1 Do It - To It
B2 Candy Man
B3 Passin' The Buck
B4 Kitty With The Bent Frame
B5 Brookes' 50c Tour (Main Title Collage)