Quincy Jones

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)

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)

• 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