Quincy Jones production discography
Quincy Jones discographyJones in 1975
Studio albums 16 Soundtrack albums 24 Live albums 3 Compilation albums 4
Quincy Jones , an American record producer, musical arranger, film composer, impresario, conductor, and trumpeter, charted 6 singles and 6 albums in the top 40 and won 4 Platinum Awards and 7 Gold Awards only in the United States.[ 1] Jones was one of few producers to have number one records in three consecutive decades (1960s, 1970s, and 1980s).[ 2] [ 3]
Albums
As leader
Soundtracks
As sideman
As composer, conductor, arranger, producer
Artist
Album
Year
Label
Producer
Composer
Conductor
Arranger
Cannonball Adderley
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
1955
EmArcy
No
Yes, three tracks
Yes
Yes
Herb Alpert
You Smile – The Song Begins
1974
A&M
No
No
No
Yes
Ray Anthony
Standards
1954
Capitol
No
No
No
Yes
Louis Armstrong
Louis
1964
Mercury
No
No
No
Yes
Harry Arnold
Harry Arnold + Big Band + Quincy Jones = Jazz!
1958
No
No
No
Yes
Patti Austin
Every Home Should Have One
1981
Qwest
Yes
No
No
Yes
Patti Austin
1984
Yes
No
No
No
Benny Bailey
Quincy - Here We Come
1959
Metronome
No
Yes
No
No
Eddie Barclay
Et Voila!
1957
Barclay
No
No
No
Yes
Twilight Time
1960
No
No
No
Yes
Count Basie Orchestra
Basie One More Time
1958
Roulette
No
Yes
No
Yes
String Along with Basie
1959
No
Yes
No
Yes
Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie!
1963
Verve
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
This Time by Basie!
Reprise
No
No
Yes
Yes
Count Basie Orchestra and Billy Eckstine
Basie and Eckstine, Inc.
1959
Roulette
No
No
No
Yes
Emily Bear
Diversity
2013
Concord Records
Yes
No
No
No
Tony Bennett
The Movie Song Album
1966
Columbia
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
George Benson
Give Me the Night
1980
Qwest
Yes
No
No
Yes
Brook Benton
There Goes That Song Again
1961
Mercury
No
No
Yes
Yes
Big Maybelle
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On " and "Ocean of Tears"[ 10]
1955
Okeh
No
No
Yes
Yes
The Brothers Johnson
Look Out for #1
1976
A&M
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right on Time
1977
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blam!
1978
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Light Up the Night
1980
Yes
No
No
Yes
Clifford Brown and Art Farmer w/The Swedish All Stars
Memorial , four tracks prev. rel. on two 7-inch EPs
1956
Prestige , orig. on Metronome (1953)
Yes
No
No
Yes, two tracks
Ray Brown Orchestra
Harold Robbins Presents Music from The Adventurers
1970
Symbolic
Yes
No
No
Yes, three tracks w/Brown
David Carroll
Happy Feet
1964
Mercury
Yes
No
No
No
Diahann Carroll
Diahann Carroll Sings Harold Arlen's Songs
1956
Victor
No
No
Yes
Yes
Betty Carter w/Ray Bryant
Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant
1955
Epic
No
No
Yes
Yes
Betty Carter
Social Call
No
No
Yes
Yes
Ray Charles
The Great Ray Charles
1956
Atlantic
No
Yes
No
Yes
The Genius of Ray Charles
1959
No
No
No
Yes
Genius + Soul = Jazz
1960
Impulse!
No
No
No
Yes
A Message from the People
1972
Tangerine
No
No
Yes
Yes
Jimmy Cleveland
Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars
1955
EmArcy
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sammy Davis Jr. and the Count Basie Orchestra
Our Shining Hour
1964
Verve
No
No
Yes
Yes
Les Double Six
The Double Six Meet Quincy Jones
1960
Columbia
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Billy Eckstine
At Basin Street East
1962
Mercury
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Don't Worry 'Bout Me
Yes
No
No
No
The Golden Hits of Billy Eckstine
1963
Yes
No
No
No
Now Singing In 12 Great Movies
Yes
No
No
No
The Modern Sound of Mr. B
1964
Yes
No
No
No
Don Elliot
A Musical Offering by Don Elliot
1955
ABC
No
No
Yes
Yes
Art Farmer
The Art Farmer Septet
1956
Prestige
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Last Night When We Were Young
1958
ABC-Paramount
No
No
Yes
Yes
Robert Farnon
The Sensuous Strings of Robert Farnon
1963
Philips
Yes
No
No
No
Captain from Castile and Other Great Movie Themes
1964
Yes
No
No
No
Ella Fitzgerald (with Count Basie )
Ella and Basie!
1963
Verve
No
No
Yes
Yes
Aretha Franklin
Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
1973
Atlantic
Yes w/Franklin
No
Yes
Yes
Terry Gibbs
Terry Gibbs Plays Jewish Melodies in Jazztime
1963
Mercury
Yes
No
No
No
Dizzy Gillespie
World Statesman
1956
Norgran
No
Yes
No
Yes
Dizzy in Greece
Verve
No
Yes
No
Yes
Dizzy on the French Riviera
1962
Philips
Yes
No
No
No
New Wave
Yes
No
No
No
Lesley Gore
I'll Cry If I Want To (with "It's My Party ")
1963
Mercury
Yes
No
No
No
Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts
Yes
No
No
No
Boys, Boys, Boys
1964
Yes
No
No
No
Girl Talk
Yes
No
No
No
My Town, My Guy & Me
1965
Yes
No
No
No
Manos Hadjidakis
Gioconda's Smile
1965
Fontana
Yes
No
No
No
Donny Hathaway
Come Back Charleston Blue (O.S.T.)
1972
ATCO
Yes
No
No
No
Lena Horne
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
1981
Qwest
Yes
No
No
No
James Ingram
It's Your Night
1983
Yes
Yes, co-comp. "Yah Mo B There "
No
No
Michael Jackson
Off the Wall
1979
Epic
Yes (w/Jackson)
No
No
No
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
MCA
Yes
No
No
No
Thriller
Epic
Yes (w/Jackson)
Yes , "P.Y.T. " w/J. Ingram
No
No
Bad
1987
Yes w/Jackson
No
No
No
Milt Jackson
Plenty, Plenty Soul
1957
Atlantic
No
Yes, three tracks
No
Yes, three tracks
The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson
1959
No
Yes, co-comp. one track
Yes
Yes
Bob James
Bold Conceptions
1963
Mercury
Yes
No
No
No
Gene Krupa feat. Anita O'Day and Roy Eldridge
Drummer Man Gene Krupa in Highest Hi-Fi
1956
Verve
No
No
No
Yes, 8 of 12 tracks
Peggy Lee
If You Go
1961
Capitol
No
No
Yes, two tracks
Yes
Blues Cross Country
1962
No
Yes, co-comp. one track
Yes
Yes
Little Richard
The King of the Gospel Singers
Mercury
Yes
Yes, co-comp. two tracks
Yes
Yes
Terrace Martin
3ChordFold
2013
Akai Music
Yes, co-prod. "Gone"
No
No
No
Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
1955
EmArcy
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
James Moody
Moody
1956
Prestige
No
No
No
Yes
Nana Mouskouri
The Girl from Greece Sings
1962
Fontana
Yes
No
No
No
Joe Newman
The Happy Cats
1957
Coral
No
No
No
Yes, "Buttercup"
Billy Preston
I Wrote a Simple Song
1971
A&M
No
No
No
Yes, strings and horn arr.
Paul Quinichette
Moods
1954
Prestige
No
Yes, six comp.
No
Yes
Rufus feat. Chaka Khan
Masterjam
1979
MCA
Yes
Yes, co-comp. one track
No
No
Frank Sinatra with Count Basie
It Might as Well Be Swing
1964
Reprise
No
No
Yes
Yes
Sinatra at the Sands
1966
No
No
Yes
Yes
L.A. Is My Lady
1984
Qwest
Yes
Yes, co-comp. title track
Yes
Yes, co-arr. title track
Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones
1955
Roost
No
No
Yes
Yes
Donna Summer
Donna Summer
1982
Geffen
Yes
Yes, co-comp. two tracks
No
Yes, vocals and rhythm arr.
Tamia
Tamia
1998
Qwest
Yes, co-prod. one track; co-exec. prod.
No
No
No
Billy Taylor
My Fair Lady Loves Jazz
1957
ABC-Paramount
No
No
Yes
Yes
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
1955
EmArcy
No
Yes, three tracks
No
Yes
Various artists
USA for Africa: We Are the World (single)
1985
Columbia
Yes w/Michael Omartian
Yes, B-side "Grace"
Yes
No
Sarah Vaughan
Vaughan and Violins
1959
Mercury
No
Yes, co-comp. one track
Yes
Yes
You're Mine You
1962
Roulette
No
No
Yes
Yes
Sassy Swings the Tivoli
1964
Mercury
Yes
Yes, "Sassy's Blues" w/Vaughan
No
No
Vaughan with Voices
Yes
No
No
No
¡Viva! Vaughan
1965
Yes
No
No
No
Sarah Vaughan Sings the Mancini Songbook
Yes
No
No
No
Dinah Washington
For Those in Love
1955
EmArcy
No
No
No
Yes
The Swingin' Miss "D"
1957
No
Yes, "You're Crying" w/lyrics: Leonard Feather
Yes
Yes (exc. three tracks)
Tears and Laughter
1962
Mercury
No
No
Yes
Yes
I Wanna Be Loved
No?
Yes, "You're Crying" w/lyrics: Leonard Feather
Yes
Yes
Julius Watkins
French Horns for My Lady
Philips
Yes
No
No
No
Andy Williams
Under Paris Skies
1960
Cadence
No
No
No
Yes
The Winans
Decisions
1987
Qwest Records
Yes
No
No
No
Singles
References
^ "You searched for quincy jones" . RIAA . Retrieved December 22, 2018 .
^ Bronson, Fred (2003). Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits (3 ed.). Billboard Books. pp. 106–128.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2012 (14 ed.). Record Research.
^ a b c d e f g h i j "Quincy Jones - Awards" . AllMusic . Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2022 .
^ a b "Quincy Jones - full Official Chart History" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved August 11, 2012 .
^ a b c d e f g "Gold & Platinum" . RIAA . Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
^ "Quincy Jones - The Dude" . bpi.co.uk . Retrieved March 19, 2022 .
^ "Quincy Jones - Back on the Block" . bpi.co.uk . Retrieved March 19, 2022 .
^ "Quincy Jones | Credits" . AllMusic. Retrieved December 22, 2018 .
^ Big Maybelle, Big Maybelle, The Complete Okeh Sessions, 1952-55, Legacy’s Rhythm and Soul Series, Epic, Legacy, Okeh, 1994, liner notes.
^ "New Zealand chart - Quncy Jones" . charts.nz. August 8, 2014.
^ "Dutch chart - Quncy Jones" . dutchcharts.nl. August 8, 2014.
^ "Belgian Chart - Quincy Jones" . ultratop.be. Retrieved August 8, 2014 .
^ "German Chart - Quncy Jones" . charts.de. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2014 .
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