The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer died on Sunday night (Nov. 3) at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, surrounded by his family.
, the musical giant whose six-decade, barrier-breaking career encompassed many creative personas—musician, songwriter, producer, conductor, arranger, artist, record label owner and executive, TV/film producer, magazine publisher and humanitarian—has died. He was 91.According to Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, the 27-time Grammy Award winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer died on Sunday night at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, surrounded by his family.
, “It didn’t look like I’d make it, so my friends planned a memorial service. … They had the concert anyway.” With his neurologist at his side, he attended the service at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles asbirthday, Jones told Billboard, “I feel fortunate to have been born at a time where I was able to work with every person who shaped the history of American culture. It’s God’s plan, and you just have to open your heart and embrace every part of it.
In 1943, his father uprooted the family to move to Bremerton, Wash., and then to Seattle, where Quincy Jr. attended Garfield High School and ignited his passion for music by studying composition and learning to play the trumpet. When just a teenager, Jones met a 16-year-old Ray Charles—a meeting captured in the 2004
. “If he loved you, there was nothing in the world he wouldn’t do for you. If he didn’t like you, shame on your ass. I know he loved me too. In all the years working together, we never once had a contract—just a handshake.”
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