Quincy Jones

In a career spanning over eight decades, Quincy Jones earned his reputation as a renaissance man of American music. Since entering the industry as an arranger in the early 1950s, he distinguished himself as a bandleader, solo artist, sideman, songwriter, producer, film composer, and record label executive. A quick look at a few of the artists he worked with -- Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Lesley Gore, Michael Jackson, Peggy Lee, Ray Charles, Paul Simon, and Aretha Franklin -- reveals the remarkable diversity of his career. He was nominated for a record 80 Grammy Aw...