Quincy Delight Jones Jr., commonly known as Quincy Jones, is a famous American film score composer, music arranger, record producer, film and television producer, as well as a magazine founder. Quincy Jones rose to fame in 1960s, when he created music for a 1965 film called “The Slender Thread”, starring Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft. After that, Quincy Jones started receiving more offers to compose film scores, and he eventually produced music for “The Getaway” with Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw, “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice” starring Natalie Wood, and “The Italian Job” to name a few. Around the same time, Quincy Jones also worked with such artists as Frank Sinatra, Billy Eckstine, Peggy Lee and others, and started to already make a name for himself. Even though Jones is widely recognized as a record producer, he is also popular for his solo work. In 1962, he released a studio album under the name of “Big Bad Bossa Nova”, which featured a famous song “Soul Bossa Nova”, which was used as a theme song for the series of “Austin Powers” films with Mike Myers. Quincy Jones is also known for his work with Michael Jackson, for whom he helped co-produce such popular albums as “Thriller”, which is considered to be among the greatest albums of all time, and “Off the Wall”, which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. An award-winning record producer, as well as an inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, how rich is Quincy Jones? The sources state that Quincy Jones’ net worth is estimated to be $350 million. Most of Quincy Jones’ net worth and salary comes from his involvement in the music industry.
Quincy Jones Net Worth $350 Million
Born in 1933, in Chicago, Illinois, Quincy Jones moved a lot during his teenage years, and was initially located in Bremerton, where he studied at the Garfield High School, but later moved out to Seattle, where he enrolled in the Seattle University. In the university, Jones met Clint Eastwood with whom he planned to join a college band. However, Jones quit the university and went on to study at the Berklee College of Music instead. Quincy Jones did not graduate from the college either, as he quit in order to tour with a famous percussionist and pianist Lionel Hampton. Around the same time, he started working on songs for such artists as Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles and others. When Quincy Jones achieved mainstream success as a film score composer, he started to be given more job opportunities from well-known people in the industry. Throughout his career, Quincy Jones had a chance to work with Steven Spielberg on his famous film called “The Color Purple”, produced popular songs for Lesley Gore, and worked with Michael Jackson on some of his most successful albums. Quincy Jones’ contributions to music industry had been awarded with Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, and Special Academy Awards. A well-known record producer, as well as a film score composer, Quincy Jones has an estimated net worth of $310 million.
Full Name
Quincy Jones III
Net Worth
$350 Million
Date Of Birth
March 14, 1933
Place Of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height
5 ft 6 in (1.689 m)
Profession
Record producer, Conductor, Music Arranger, Film Score Composer, Composer, Television producer, Musician, Trumpeter, Film Producer, Actor
Education
Garfield High School, Seattle University, Berklee College of Music
Grammy Award for Album of the Year/Record of the Year/Producer of the Year/Best Music Video/Best Spoken Word Album, Kennedy Center Honors (2001), Grammy Legend Award (1992), Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1996), Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition (1977), Soul Train Music Award...
Albums
“Big Bad Bossa Nova”, “Thriller”, “Off the Wall”,"Walking In Space" (1969), "Smackwater Jack" (1971), "Mellow Madness" (1975), "The Best (Compilation, 1982)", "Q Soul Bossa Nostra" (2010)
Nominations
Grammy Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2013)
Movies
Keep On Keepin' On (2014), The Color Purple (1985), The Distortion of Sound (2014), Fantasia 2000 (1999), Michael Jackson: Number Ones (2003)
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Beef: Behind the Bullet
2011
TV Series documentary
Beef 4
2007
Video documentary as Quincy QD3 Jones III
Letter to the President
2005
Video documentary as Quincy 'QD3' Jones III
Beef II
2004
Video documentary as Quincy 'QD3' Jones III
Beef
2003
Documentary as Quincy 'QD3' Jones III
Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel
2002
Documentary as QD III
Pootie Tang
2001
as QD3
Thicker Than Water
1999
as QD III
Grown Ups
1999
TV Series 1 episode
In the House
1995-1998
TV Series 51 episodes
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-1996
TV Series 147 episodes
Helicopter
1994
Short as QDIII
Out All Night
1992-1993
TV Series 19 episodes
Menace II Society
1993
as QD III
Stockholmsnatt
1987
Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel 2
2011
Documentary
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sofie Linde Show
2016
TV Series music - 1 episode
The PJs
2000
TV Series composer - 1 episode
Grown Ups
1999
TV Series composer: theme music - as Quincy D. Jones III
In the House
1995-1999
TV Series composer - 76 episodes
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Freeway: Crack in the System
2015
Documentary consulting producer
Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel 2
2011
Documentary executive producer
Beef: Behind the Bullet
2011
TV Series documentary executive producer
Concrete Jungle
2009
Documentary executive producer
Q: The Man
2009
Video documentary executive producer
The Carter
2009
Video documentary executive producer
Number One with a Bullet
2008
Documentary executive producer
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
2008
Documentary executive producer - as Quincy 'QD3' Jones III
Beef 4
2007
Video documentary executive producer - as Quincy 'QD3' Jones III
Star Camp
2007
TV Series executive producer - 2007
Paul Mooney: Jesus Is Black - So Was Cleopatra - Know Your History
2007
Video documentary executive producer - as Quincy 'QD3' Jones III
Beef: The Series
2006
TV Series documentary executive producer
Black and Blue: Legends of the Hip-Hop Cop
2006
Video documentary executive producer - as Quindy D. Jones III
Finesse Mitchell: Snap Famous
2006
Video executive producer
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
2006
Documentary executive producer - as Quincy 'QD3' Jones III
Beef III
2005
Video documentary executive producer - as Quincy 'QD3' Jones III
Infamy
2005
Documentary executive producer
Letter to the President
2005
Video documentary executive producer - as Quincy 'QD3' Jones III
Beef II
2004
Video documentary executive producer - as Quincy 'QD3' Jones III
Beef
2003
Documentary executive producer - as Quincy 'QD3' Jones III / producer - as Quincy 'QD3' Jones III
The Freshest Kids
2002
Video documentary executive producer
Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel
2002
Documentary executive producer / producer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Training Day
2001
writer: "Letter To The President" - as QD3
Office Space
1999
producer: "9 to 5" 1980 - as Quincy 'QDIII' Jones
Menace II Society
1993
performer: "STAY STRAPPED IN SOUTH CENTRAL", "HOT WIRE OLDIE" - as QD III / writer: "STAY STRAPPED IN SOUTH CENTRAL", "HOT WIRE OLDIE" - as QD III
Stockholmsnatt
1987
performer: "Stockholmsnatt", "Next Time It's Your Brother" - as Bezerk / writer: "Stockholmsnatt", "Next Time It's Your Brother" - as Bezerk
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Art of Organized Noize
2016
Documentary
Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel 2
2011
Documentary
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Stockholmsnatt
1987
Quincy
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Survivor's Guide to Prison
2017
Documentary post-production
Himself
Idol
2016
TV Series
Himself - Judge
Xriss: Care About Us Lebanon
2015
Video short
Himself
How to Make a Man
2014
TV Special documentary
Himself
Nathan East: For the Record
2014
Documentary
Himself
Tell a Friend Get Covered
2014
TV Movie
Himself
Q: The Man
2009
Video documentary
Himself
Paul Mooney: Jesus Is Black - So Was Cleopatra - Know Your History