who added his tasteful polish to recordings by everyone from Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, has died, at 91 years old, yesterday: Sunday night November 3rd, at his home in Bel Air, California, surrounded by his children, siblings and other family members.Quincy’s publicist, Arnold Robinson, said: “Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing,” the family said in a statement. “And although this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him.” . . . “He is truly one of a kind and we will miss him dearly; we take comfort and immense pride in knowing that the love and joy, that were the essence of his being, was shared with the world through all that he created. Through his music and his boundless love, Quincy Jones’ heart will beat for eternity.”
Quincy Jones the man known simply as “Q” was also a prolific cross-genre arranger. His talent and drive led to an almost unparalleled career in entertainment. His long and varied list of credits include composing the score for the Oscar-winning film, “In the Heat of the Night,” producing Michael Jackson’s blockbuster “Thriller” album, and gathering dozens of pop and rock stars to record the 1985 charity single “We Are the World.” In the below photo: Quincy Jones (center) and fellow “We Are the World” contributors (from left) Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie at the 1986 Grammys: 
Thus began a storied a career which found him soon arranging and recording for such legends as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, and his friend Ray Charles. Bandleader Lionel Hampton, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and other giants also tapped the young Quincy Jones for their European tours. Throughout his great career Quincy reshaped pop music!
Quincy Jones has been on our TV show many times before, and always was so kind to us when we met him in person, and was so generous with his time when we interviewed him on our TV show. We met him one year at the Grammy Awards, when his seats were right next to ours in front of the stage:
Special events, a Movie Premiere, and at the “American ICON Awards” that our company helped to Co-Produce: NAOMI CAMPBELL presented Quincy Jones with the “Lifetime Achievement Award” honor. The below photo is of Quincy with our Entertainment Today TV Show Host: Margie Rey in his private area for the show: 
Quincy worked with Michael Jackson on such classic tracks as “Billie Jean” and “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” he and Michael fashioned a global soundscape out of disco, funk, rock, pop, R&B and jazz and African chants.
