He arranged songs for jazz greats such as Count Basie, produced dozens of film scores, and once played trumpet in Elvis Presley’s ... Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Gene Krupa, Louis Jordan ...

Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley. In the 1960s, Jones became a decorated film composer — he collected three of his seven career Academy Award nominations in 1968 and '69 — as well as a high ...

Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley. In the 1960s, Jones became a decorated film composer — he collected three of his seven career Academy Award nominations in 1968 and '69 — as well as a high ...

Born Quincy Delight Jones in 1933, Jones got his start in jazz — at 19, he played trumpet in Lionel Hampton's band — and soon performed on stages with some of the world's best-known stars: Ray Charles ...