WEBVTT 00:01.866 --> 00:03.800 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GEOFF BENNETT: A giant in the music and entertainment industry has died. 00:03.800 --> 00:08.666 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% Quincy Jones was revered as a record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger 00:10.833 --> 00:13.733 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% and performer throughout his seven decades in the business. Through his vast range of projects, 00:15.700 --> 00:18.866 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% from the producer of the bestselling album of all time to composer of some of the most 00:18.866 --> 00:23.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% recognized music in film, he racked up 80 Grammy nominations and 28 Grammy Awards. 00:25.633 --> 00:28.733 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown has this for remembrance, 00:28.733 --> 00:33.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% part of our arts and culture series, Canvas. 00:36.200 --> 00:38.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% JEFFREY BROWN: From Michael Jackson's biggest hits 00:38.533 --> 00:42.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to some of Frank Sinatra's most classic arrangements, 00:48.633 --> 00:53.600 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% few loomed larger in American popular culture or had more success than Quincy Jones. 00:55.733 --> 00:58.066 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% QUINCY JONES, Record Producer: Love, laugh, live and give, that's what it's all about. 00:58.066 --> 01:03.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JEFFREY BROWN: Born on Chicago's South Side in 1933, Jones began his life in music as a 01:05.333 --> 01:08.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% jazz trumpeter. He became fast friends with Ray Charles when both were in still in their teens. 01:12.866 --> 01:17.866 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% He soon began composing and arranging, including 1962's classic "Soul Bossa 01:20.000 --> 01:23.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Nova" and Lesley Gore's hit "It's My Party," which arrived a year later. Across a career 01:27.533 --> 01:32.533 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% that spanned more than 70 years, he worked with seemingly everyone, including jazz legends like 01:34.433 --> 01:38.133 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, and rappers such as Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. 01:42.366 --> 01:47.333 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% His most impactful moment, a three-album run with Michael Jackson that included the bestselling 01:49.266 --> 01:53.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% record of all time, 1982's "Thriller," along with "Off the Wall" and "Bad." 01:56.733 --> 01:59.366 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% QUINCY JONES: Anyone who says they have figured out how to make 01:59.366 --> 02:04.333 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% records that sell more than 50 million records is lying and smoking Kool-Aid. 02:06.833 --> 02:08.933 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (LAUGHTER) 02:08.933 --> 02:11.066 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% QUINCY JONES: Doesn't work like that. You just find a group of songs that touch you 02:11.066 --> 02:14.800 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and give you goose bumps. And that's why I go by my goose bumps. I don't need survey 02:14.800 --> 02:18.800 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% groups or anything like that, and let the rest take care of itself. 02:18.800 --> 02:23.433 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% JEFFREY BROWN: In 2010, Jones was awarded the National Medal of Arts by former President Obama. 02:23.433 --> 02:26.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% MAN: For his extraordinary contributions to American 02:26.066 --> 02:29.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% music as a musician, composer, and arranger. 02:29.833 --> 02:34.466 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% JEFFREY BROWN: And he is one of just 27 members of the rarefied EGOT club, 02:34.466 --> 02:39.466 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% winner of an Emmy, Grammy, an honorary Oscar and Tony. The Oscar came in 1995. 02:41.400 --> 02:45.033 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% QUINCY JONES: I did not engineer this journey. To tell you the truth, 02:45.033 --> 02:47.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I don't think I could even see this far. 02:47.066 --> 02:50.233 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JEFFREY BROWN: He composed dozens of memorable soundtracks for film and 02:50.233 --> 02:55.200 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% television, including "The Color Purple," a film he also produced, 02:57.766 --> 03:00.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% another prominent role he played in popular culture. 03:00.933 --> 03:05.233 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% In 1985, in a role only someone of his stature could have filled, 03:05.233 --> 03:10.233 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% he organized the recording of the smash-hit single "We Are the World," a session that 03:16.700 --> 03:21.700 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% featured music's biggest stars and would become one of the bestselling songs ever. 03:23.400 --> 03:26.333 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% Jones had seven children and married three times. One of his daughters, 03:26.333 --> 03:31.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the actress Rashida Jones, directed a 2018 documentary on his extraordinary life. 03:33.166 --> 03:37.633 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% QUINCY JONES: I have a feeling that God will prevail and the light will 03:39.700 --> 03:42.733 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% prevail. You have to think like that, because we have come a long way. Got a long way to go. 03:48.366 --> 03:51.300 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% JEFFREY BROWN: In a statement, his family said he died peacefully Sunday 03:51.300 --> 03:56.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% evening surrounded by loved ones. Quincy Jones was 91. 03:57.500 --> 03:59.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Jeffrey Brown.