Michael Caine, Colman Domingo, LL Cool J and More Remember Quincy Jones: ‘Music Would Not Be Music Without You’
variety.comEllise Shafer Tributes are rolling in for late music legend Quincy Jones, who died on Sunday night at the age of 91. Over the course of his 70-year career, Jones was an artist, bandleader, composer, arranger and producer.
He won 28 Grammys and most notably shaped the career of Michael Jackson, beginning with his breakthrough 1979 album “Off the Wall.” “Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing,” the Jones family said in a statement announcing his death. “And although this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him.
He is truly one of a kind and we will miss him dearly; we take comfort and immense pride in knowing that the love and joy, that were the essence of his being, was shared with the world through all that he created.
Through his music and his boundless love, Quincy Jones’ heart will beat for eternity.” This sentiment was echoed in remembrances shared throughout the music industry and Hollywood.
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