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• Quincy Jones is an American music and film composer who has earned 27 Grammy Awards , a record 79 Grammy Award nominations and has been nominated for seven Academy Awards.Achievements.org: Quincy Jones Bio Fortune Magazine: Jonesing for a Maybach (January 28, 2007)

  For the past decade, Jones has been trying to establish a Secretary of Arts position in the nation's cabinet that would represent the arts. Jones recently said in an interview he would beg President Obama to create the position.Rolling Stone: Quincy Jones Lobbies Obama for Secretary of Culture Post (January 16, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.
  2. Born: March 14, 1933
  3. Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
  4. Earned a scholarship to Berklee College of Music
  5. Played trumpet in the Dizzy Gillespie band
  6. Won 27 Grammy Awards
  7. Worked with Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra
  8. Produced Jackson's Thriller album
  9. 1985: Co-produced The Color Purple
  10. Wrote: Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
  11. Has lobbied to create a Secretary of Arts position in the Cabinet

• Lawsuit

  An audio production man made claims in February of 2009 that Jones owes him $3,100 for two weeks worth of work that he did for Jones in the summer of 2008. The case is being heard in small claims court.TMZ: Quincy Jones Gets Noise Complaint (February 21, 2009)

• Key Dates

  • 1933: Born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1945: Starts playing the trumpet
  • 1950: Attends the Berklee School of Music
  • 1957: Works under the tutelage of Nadia Boulanger, a French composer
  • 1963: Wins first Grammy for arranging Count Basie's "I Can't Stop Loving You"
  • 1974: Suffers a brain aneurysm
  • 1982: Produces Michael Jackson's Thriller
  • 1994: Establishes[Qwest Broadcasting
  • 1999: Sells Qwest for a reported $270 million

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