Quincy Jones production discography

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]

Quincy Jones discography
Jones in 1975
Studio albums	16
Soundtrack albums	24
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	4

Albums

As leader

Year	Title	Label	Chart positions				Certifications
			US [4]	US Jazz [4]	US R&B [4]	UK [5]
1955	Jazz Abroad	EmArcy	—	—	—	—
1956	This Is How I Feel About Jazz	ABC-Paramount	—	—	—	—
1957	Go West, Man!		—	—	—	—
1958	Quincy's Home Again	Metronome	—	—	—	—
1959	The Birth of a Band!	Mercury	—	21	—	—
	The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones		—	—	—	—
1960	I Dig Dancers		—	—	—	—
1961	Around the World		—	—	—	—
	Newport '61		—	—	—	—
	The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones Live (in Zurich!)		—	24	—	—
	The Quintessence	impulse!	—	—	—	—
1962	Big Band Bossa Nova	Mercury	112	—	—	—
1963	Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits		—	—	—	—
1964	Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini		—	—	—	—
	Golden Boy		—	—	—	—
	I/We Had a Ball	Limelight	—	—	—	—
1965	Quincy Plays for Pussycats	Mercury	—	—	—	—
	Quincy's Got a Brand New Bag		—	—	—	—
1969	Walking in Space	A&M	56	2	6	—
1970	Gula Matari		63	2	16	—
1971	Smackwater Jack		56	1	11	—
1972	Ndeda (Compilation)	Mercury	73	12	—	—
1973	You've Got It Bad Girl	A&M	94	1	14	—
1974	Body Heat		6	1	1	—	US: Gold[6]
1975	Mellow Madness		16	1	3	—
1976	I Heard That!!		43	1	16	—
1978	Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!		15	1	4	—	US: Platinum[6]
1981	Quincy Jones Live at the Budokan		—	—	—	—
	The Dude		9	3	3	19	US: Platinum[6] BPI: Silver[7]
1982	The Best (compilation)		122	17	45	41
1985	The Best of Quincy Jones Volume 2 (compilation)		—	—	—	—
1987	Strike Up the Band (compilation)	Mercury	—	—	—	—
1989	Back on the Block	Qwest	9	1	1	26	US: Platinum[6] BPI: Gold[8]
1993	Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux (with Miles Davis)	Warner Bros.	—	1	—	—
1995	Q's Jook Joint	Qwest	32	1	6	—	US: Platinum[6]
1999	From Q with Love (Compilation)	Warner Bros.	72	1	31	—
2000	Basie and Beyond (The Quincy Jones/Sammy Nestico Orchestra)		—	10	—	—
2001	Q - The Musical Biography of Quincy Jones (Compilation)	Rhino	—	—	—	—
2004	The Original Jam Sessions 1969 (with Bill Cosby)	Concord Jazz	—	12	—	—
2010	Q Soul Bossa Nostra	Interscope	86	—	15	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Soundtracks

Year	Title	Label	Chart positions			Certifications
			US [4]	US Jazz [4]	US R&B [4]
1961	The Boy in the Tree (EP)	Mercury	—	—	—
1965	The Pawnbroker		—	—	—
	Mirage		—	—	—
1966	The Slender Thread		—	—	—
	Walk, Don't Run	Mainstream	—	—	—
1967	The Deadly Affair	Verve	—	—	—
	Enter Laughing	Liberty	—	—	—
	In the Heat of the Night	United Artists	—	—	—
	In Cold Blood	Colgems	—	—	—
1968	For Love of Ivy	ABC	192	—	—
	The Split (film)	Film Score Monthly	—	—	—
	A Dandy in Aspic		—	—	—
1969	Mackenna's Gold	RCA Victor	—	—	—
	The Italian Job	Paramount	—	—	—
	The Lost Man	Uni	—	—	—
	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice	Bell	—	—	—
	Cactus Flower		—	—	—
1970	John and Mary	A&M	—	—	—
	They Call Me Mister Tibbs!	United Artists	—	—	—
1971	The Anderson Tapes		—	—	—
	$	Reprise	173	—	—
1972	Killer by Night		—	—	—
	The Getaway (7-inch)	A&M	—	—	—
	The Hot Rock	Prophesy	—	—	—
1977	Roots	A&M	21	4	6	US: Gold[6]
1978	The Wiz	MCA, Motown	40	—	33
1985	The Color Purple	Qwest	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As sideman

Sortable table

Date	Artist	Album title	Label	Notes
1953	Lionel Hampton	Oh, Rock! Live
	Clifford Brown	Clifford Brown Big Band in Paris	Prestige	QJ plays trumpet in horn section
1954	Dizzy Gillespie	Afro	Norgran
		Dizzy and Strings
	Gigi Gryce	Gigi Gryce's Jazztime Paris, Vol. 1	Blue Note
		Gigi Gryce's Jazztime Paris, Vol. 2
	Art Farmer	The Art Farmer Septet	Prestige	first released on 7-inch EPs a year before
1956	Dizzy Gillespie	World Statesman	Norgran
1957		Dizzy in Greece	Verve
		Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band Jazz	American Recording Society
	Thad Jones, Jimmy Jones, Eddie Jones, Jo Jones	The Jones Boys	Period
1975	Lesley Gore	Love Me by Name
1983	James Ingram	It's Your Night		QJ plays electric piano on one track
1992	The Isley Brothers	Tracks of Life	Warner Bros.	QJ plays keyboard (plus drum und synth programming) on "Brazilizan Wedding Song (Setembro)"
1995	Sonny Parker	Complete 1948–1953
	Lucky Thompson, Gigi Gryce, Art Farmer	Lucky Thompson and Gigi Gryce in Paris	Vogue/RCA Victor	Compilation of live recordings from 1953 (Gryce) and 1956
	Toots Thielemans	Yesterday & Today
1998	Dinah Washington	Dinah Washington with Quincy Jones
2005	Willis "Gator" Jackson	The Remaining Willis Jackson 1951–1959[9]	Blue Moon

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
Frank Sinatra	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

Year	Title	Chart positions									Certification
		US [4]	US R&B [4]	US Dance [4]	US AC [4]	NZ [11]	NED [12]	BEL (FLA) [13]	GER [14]	UK [5]
1962	"Soul Bossa Nova"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1970	"Killer Joe"	74	47	—	29	—	—	—	—	—
1972	"Money Runner"	57	46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1975	"Is It Love That We're Missin'?" (with The Brothers Johnson)	70	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	Roots Medley	57	32	—	21	—	—	—	—	—
1978	"Stuff Like That"	21	1	—	—	—	24	—	—	34
1981	"Ai No Corrida" (with Dune)	28	10	3	—	—	—	—	28	14
"Just Once" (with James Ingram)	17	11	—	7	—	—	—	—	—
"Razzamatazz" (with Patti Austin)	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	11
"One Hundred Ways" (with James Ingram)	14	10	—	5	—	—	—	—	—
"Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	52
1989	"I'll Be Good to You" (with Ray Charles & Chaka Khan)	18	1	1	30	7	38	34	28	21
1990	"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" (with Al B. Sure, James Ingram, El DeBarge & Barry White)	31	1	—	26	—	13	31	—	67	US: Gold[6]
"Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)" (with Tevin Campbell)	75	1	—	—	22	21	—	—	—
"I Don't Go for That"	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	"Wee B. Dooinit"	—	83	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	"You Put a Move on My Heart" (featuring Tamia)	98	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	"Stomp"	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	28
"Slow Jams" (with Babyface, Tamia, Portrait & Barry White)	68	10	—	—	2	—	—	—	—
1999	"Something I Cannot Have"	—	87	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	"Sanford & Son" (featuring T.I., B.o.B, Prince Charlez and Mohombi)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"It's My Party" (featuring Amy Winehouse)	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.