Music producer and composer Quincy ... the 1950s, Jones successfully toured across Europe with several jazz orchestras. In 1964, Jones was appointed vice president of a record label and turned ...

Quincy Jones ... so it makes sense that Jones — the first Black senior executive of a White-owned record label — was involved. The score from Jones and Gerald Fried won an Emmy.

Quincy Jones is a living legend ... He was one of the first African-American executives of a major US record label, becoming vice-president of Mercury Records in 1964 aged just 28.