| Summary: | Composer and music producer Quincy Jones was born on March 14, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. Jones studied trumpet and singing at the age of twelve. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where he remained until he began touring with Lionel Hampton's band. By the mid-1950s, he was arranging and recording for artists like Sarah Vaughan and Ray Charles. In 1963, he won his first Grammy Award for his arrangement of "I Can't Stop Loving You." He composed musical scores for Hollywood films and television shows including The Pawnbroker, In The Heat of the Night and Sanford & Son. In 1985, Jones produced The Color Purple. In 1990, Jones formed Quincy Jones Entertainment and served as CEO and chairman. In 1994, Jones formed Qwest Broadcasting, one of the largest minority-owned broadcasting companies in the United States. In 1997, he formed the Quincy Jones Media Group.
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