Fight For Children Board of Directors

Quincy Jones
Artist and Entrepreneur

Quincy Jones’ career has encompassed the roles of composer, record producer, artist, film producer, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, television producer, record company executive, magazine founder, best selling author, and multi-media entrepreneur. As a master inventor of musical hybrids, he has shuffled pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, African and Brazilian music into many dazzling fusions in virtually every medium, including records, live performance, movies, and television.
As the first black composer to be embraced by Hollywood in the 60s, he refreshed movie music by infusing jazz and soul. His countless laurels include the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, an Emmy Award, seven Oscar nominations, 27 Grammy Awards and an unprecedented 79 Grammy Award nominations. Most recently he was saluted by the Kennedy Center as one of the 2001 Kennedy Center Honorees.

Celebrating more then 50 years in music, Mr. Jones’ creative magic has spanned over seven decades. He co-produced “The Color Purple,” helped launch the hit series “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” and with his historic production of “We Are The World” became one of the most successful and admired creative artist/executives in the entertainment world.