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Quincy Jones, Master of All Things Musical, Dies at 91

He played the trumpet with Lionel Hampton, produced albums ('Thriller'), songs ("We Are the World," "It's My Party"), films ('The Color Purple') and TV shows ('Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'), scored movies ('In the Heat of the Night') and charmed the world.

Jones’ solo albums gained him acclaim, including Walking in Space, Gula Matari, Smackwater Jack, You’ve Got It Bad, Girl, Body Heat, Mellow Madness and I Heard That! Jones would work on other movies including Walk, Don’t Run(1966), Carl Reiner ’s Enter Laughing(1967), Paul Mazursky ’s Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice(1969), The Italian Job(1969), Cactus Flower(1969), They Call Me Mister Tibbs! He famously used his influences to attract the musical superstars of the day into the A&M Studios in L.A. in 1985, leading the session for “We Are the World” by demanding the participating artists “check your ego at the door.” The song raised more than $63 million for Ethiopian famine relief.

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