Among the big names in musical production, Quincy Jones, who died in Los Angeles at the age of 91, is among the few recognized by the general public. This prestige comes mainly from his collaboration with Michael Jackson (1958-2009), notably for the album Thriller, released at the end of November 1982.
When Jones took the stage alongside Jackson at the February 1984 Grammy Awards, celebrating the worldwide success of Thriller, the music world already knew that this man in his fifties had a well-established career. Beginning in jazz in the early 1950s, Quincy Jones first distinguished himself as a trumpeter, conductor, arranger and composer, signing dozens of film scores and television credits.
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As a producer, he has worked on numerous recording sessions for jazz, variety, soul and pop stars. In July 2014, he confided to Francis Marmande in Le Monde: “I feel blessed by this extraordinary and successful journey that my life has been. Growing up in Depression-era Chicago didn’t offer much promise. » Born in Chicago, Illinois on March 14, 1933, Quincy Delight Jones Jr. spent his childhood in the South Side neighborhood with his younger brother. His parents worked in a lower-middle-class African-American apartment building. In 1941, his mother was institutionalized following a serious attack of schizophrenia – dying in 1999, she reappeared in Quincy’s life between periods of respite and turmoil.
The couple eventually divorced, and in 1943 his father moved with his two sons to Bremerton, Washington, near Seattle. His father’s new partner joined them with her own son and two daughters, and the couple gave birth to three other children.
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