Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

Quincy Jones died astatine property 91

Quincy Jones, nan multi-talented euphony titan whose immense bequest ranged from producing Michael Jackson's historical "Thriller" medium to penning prize-winning movie and tv scores and collaborating pinch Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of different signaling artists, has died astatine 91.

Jones' publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday nighttime astatine his location successful nan Bel Air conception of Los Angeles, surrounded by his family.

“Tonight, pinch afloat but surgery hearts, we must stock nan news of our begetter and relative Quincy Jones’ passing," nan family said successful a statement. “And though this is an unthinkable nonaccomplishment for our family, we observe nan awesome life that he lived and cognize location will ne'er beryllium different for illustration him.”

Jones roseate from moving pinch gangs connected nan South Side of Chicago to nan very heights of show business, becoming 1 of nan first Black executives to thrive successful Hollywood and amassing an bonzer philharmonic catalog that includes immoderate of nan richest moments of American hit and song. For years, it was improbable to find a euphony person who did not ain astatine slightest 1 grounds pinch his sanction connected it, aliases a leader successful nan intermezo manufacture and beyond who did not person immoderate relationship to him.

Jones kept institution pinch presidents and overseas leaders, movie stars and musicians, philanthropists and business leaders. He toured pinch Count Basie and Lionel Hampton, arranged records for Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, composed nan soundtracks for "Roots" and "In nan Heat of nan Night," organized President Bill Clinton's first inaugural ceremony and oversaw nan all-star signaling of “We Are nan World,” nan 1985 kindness grounds for famine alleviation successful Africa.

Lionel Richie, who co-wrote “We Are nan World" and was among nan featured singers, would telephone Jones “the maestro orchestrator.”