Born Quincy Delight Jones Jr., in Chicago, IL; educated at Seattle University, WA & Berklee School of Music, Boston; nickname: "Q". Versatile, multi-award-winning artist whose prolific film work during the 1960s and 70s ran the gamut from the lightly comedic WALK, DON'T RUN (1966) to the chilling IN COLD BLOOD (1967). At 17, he began his career playing trumpet and arranging for Lionel Hampton, and later Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Dianh Washington, Sarah Vaughn, Dizzy Gillespie, and Peggy Lee. Jones has enjoyed noted collaborations with Sidney Lumet, particularly on THE PAWNBROKER (1965) and THE ANDERSON TAPES (1972), and his work encompasses discordant, atonal compositions as well as more conventional melodic scores. He suffered a brain aneurysm in the 1970s. As a result, he can no longer play the trumpet; doing so could dislodge the chip in his brain. He is also one of the most successful contemporary pop songwriters and producers, due to the record-breaking sales of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album and the charity benefit single, "We Are the World." He has received 26 Grammys®, which is currently more than any living recording artist (Sir Georg Solti holds the all-time record with 31 Grammys.) He received the John F. Kennedy Center Honors in 2001. Among his many other notable (un-nominated) composing and arranging credits are IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT and ENTER LAUGHING (both 1967), A DANDY IN ASPIC, JIGSAW and THE HELL WITH HEROES (all 1968), MacKENNA'S GOLD, BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE, JOHN AND MARY and CACTUS FLOWER (all 1969), THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS and THEY CALL ME MISTER TIBBS! (both 1970), THE HOT ROCK (1972), and songs for THE SLUGGER'S WIFE (1985) and "Soul Bossa Nova" used in the three Austin Powers films (1997-2002). On television, he acted as executive producer for the series "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990-1996), "In the House" (1995-1999), "The History of Rock 'n' Roll, Vols. 1-10" (1995), and he produced the 68th Annual Academy Awards Show (1996). Jones' first wife (1957 - 1966) was his high school sweetheart, Jeri Caldwell. His third wife (1974 - 1990) was actress Peggy Lipton. Visit the Internet Movie Database for a listing of Jones' composing and producing credits.  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Original Music Score) 1967: IN COLD BLOOD  Nominated for Music Best Song 1967: BANNING "The Eyes of Love" - Music  Nominated for Music Best Song 1968: FOR LOVE OF IVY "For Love of Ivy" - Music  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Adaptation Score) 1978: THE WIZ - Music Adaptation  Nominated for Best Picture 1985: THE COLOR PURPLE - Producer  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1985: THE COLOR PURPLE  Nominated for Music Best Song 1985: THE COLOR PURPLE "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)" - Music  Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1994. 7 nominations, 1 Honorary Award