We Are The World

Đóng góp: Antonio Diego RyudanThere comes a time when we hear a certain call

When the world must come together as one

There are people dying

and its time to lend a hand to life

There greatest gift of all

We cant go on pretending day by day

That someone, somewhere will soon make a change

We are all a part of Gods great big family

And the truth, you know,

Love is all we need

[Chorus:]

We are the world, we are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

So lets start giving

Theres a choice we're making

We're saving our own lives

its true we'll make a better day

Just you and me

Send them your heart so they'll know that someone cares

And their lives will be stronger and free

As God has shown us by turning stones to bread

So we all must lend a helping hand

[Chorus:]

We are the world, we are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

So lets start giving

Theres a choice we're making

We're saving our own lives

its true we'll make a better day

Just you and me

When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all

But if you just believe theres no way we can fall

Let us realize that a change can only come

When we stand together as one

[Chorus:]

We are the world, we are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

So lets start giving

Theres a choice we're making

We're saving our own lives

its true we'll make a better day

We Are the World 25 for HaitiBách khoa toàn thư mở Wikipedia

"We Are the World 25 for Haiti"

Đĩa đơn của Artists for Haiti

Phát hành 12 tháng 2, 2010

Định dạng Đãi đơn CD, nhạc số

Thu âm 1 tháng 2, 2010

Thể loại Pop, R&B, hip hop

Thời lượng 6:58 (phiên bản dài)

3:25 (phiên bản ngắn)

Sáng tác Michael Jackson

Lionel Richie

Sản xuất Quincy Jones (exec.)

Michael Jackson (exec.)

Lionel Richie (exec.)

RedOne

Mervyn Warren

Patti Austin

Humberto Gatica

Wyclef Jean

Rickey Minor

We Are the World 25 for Haiti là một ca khúc năm 2010 và là một đĩa đơn single từ thiện được ghi bởi nhiều

nghệ sĩ Hoa Kỳ trong 1 tập hợp gọi làArtists for Haiti (Nghệ sĩ vì Haiti) cho Haiti. Đây cũng là tái hiện của ca

khúc nổi tiếng We Are the World (Chúng ta là thế giới), đã được viết bởiMichael Jackson và Lionel Richie, và

thu âm bởi nhóm nghệ sĩ Hoa Kỳ (USA for Africa) để cứu trợ nạn đói ở châu Phi năm 1985.

Bản mới này được ghi âm và ghi hình ngày 1 tháng 2 năm 2010 và với sự tham gia của trên 75 nghệ sĩ để cứu

trợ cho nạn nhân cuộc Động đất Haiti 2010.

[sửa]Các nghệ sĩ thể hiện

Thực hiện

Quincy Jones

Lionel Richie

Ca sĩ hát solo (theo thứ tự xuất hiện)

Justin Bieber

Nicole Scherzinger

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Nettles

Josh Groban

Tony Bennett

Mary J. Blige

Michael Jackson (ghép phim cũ)

Janet Jackson

Barbra Streisand

Miley Cyrus

Enrique Iglesias

Jamie Foxx

Wyclef Jean

Adam Levine

P!nk

BeBe Winans

Ashton chawda

Janet Jackson duetted with her older brother Michael on the recording

Celine Dion

Orianthi (với guitar)

Fergie

Toni Braxton

Mary Mary

Isaac Slade

Lil Wayne

Carlos Santana (với guitar)

Akon

T-Pain

LL Cool J

Will.i.am

Snoop Dogg

Busta Rhymes

Swizz Beatz

Iyaz

Kanye West

Ca sỹ hát phần điệp khúc

Patti Austin

Bizzy Bone

Ethan Bortnick

Jeff Bridges

Zac Brown

Brandy

Kristian Bush

Natalie Cole

Harry Connick Jr.

Hayden Panettiere

Kid Cudi

Faith Evans

Melanie Fiona

Sean Garrett

Tyrese Gibson

Anthony Hamilton

Keri Hilson

Julianne Hough

India.Arie

Randy Jackson

Taj Jackson

Taryll Jackson

TJ Jackson

Joe Jonas, along with his brothers Nick and Kevin, sang on "We Are the World"

Jordin Sparks hát một phần điệp khúc của bài hát

Al Jardine

Jimmy Jean-Louis

Joe Jonas

Kevin Jonas

Gladys Knight

Benji Madden

Joel Madden

Katharine McPhee

Jason Mraz

Mýa

Freda Payne

A. R. Rahman

Nicole Richie

Raphael Saadiq

Trey Songz

Musiq Soulchild

Jordin Sparks

Robin Thicke

Alex Williams

Rob Thomas

Vince Vaughn

Ann Wilson

Brian Wilson

Nancy Wilson

Nipsey Hussle

Quincy JonesFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other people named Quincy Jones, see Quincy Jones (disambiguation).

Quincy Jones

Jones during NASA's 50th anniversary gala

Background information

Birth name Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.

Born March 14, 1933 (age 79)

Chicago, Illinois

United States

Genres Rhythm and blues, funk, soul,big band, swing, bossa

nova,jazz, hip hop, rock and roll

Occupations Musician, Conductor, Producer,arranger, Composer, film

composer, actor

Instruments Trumpet, French horn, drums,vocals, piano, synthesizer

Years active 1951–present

Labels Columbia, Mercury, Qwest

Associated

acts

Lionel Hampton, Ray Charles,Dizzy Gillespie, Toots

Thielemans, Sarah Vaughn,Aaliyah,[1] Michael Jackson, Rod

Temperton, The Brothers Johnson, Frank Sinatra, Eddie Van

Halen, Dinah Washington,Dean Martin, 2Pac, Patti

Austin,Tevin Campbell, Tamia, Marvin Gaye, Stevie

Wonder, Will Smith,Trey Songz

Website www.quincyjones.com

Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, conductor, arranger, film

composer, television producer, andtrumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and

a record 79 Grammy Award nominations,[2] 27 Grammys,[2] including aGrammy Legend Award in 1991.

In 1968, Jones and his songwriting partner Bob Russell became the first African Americans to be nominated for

an Academy Award for Best Original Song; "The Eyes of Love" from the Universal Pictures film Banning. That

same year, he became the first African American to be nominated twice within the same year for an Academy

Award for Best Original Score for his work on the music of the 1967 film In Cold Blood. In 1971, Jones would

receive the honor of becoming the first African American to be named musical director/conductor of the

Academy Awards ceremony. He was the first African American to win the Academy's Jean Hersholt

Humanitarian Award, in 1995. He is tied with sound designer Willie D. Burton as the most Oscar-nominated

African American, each of them having seven nominations. At the 2008 BET Awards, Quincy Jones was

presented with the Humanitarian Award. He was played by Larenz Tate in Ray, the 2004 biopic about Ray

Charles.

In addition, Jones was the producer of the album Thriller, by pop icon Michael Jackson, which has sold more

than 110 million copies worldwide,[3] and was the producer and conductor of the charity song “We Are the

World”.

He will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 as the winner, alongside Lou Adler, of the Ahmet

Ertegun Award.[4]

Contents

[hide]

1 Early life

2 Musical career

o 2.1 His 1960s breakthrough and rise to prominence

o 2.2 Work with Michael Jackson

o 2.3 Work with Frank Sinatra

o 2.4 Brazilian culture

o 2.5 Media appearances

3 Awards and recognition

4 Discography

5 Personal life

6 Social activism

7 References

8 External links

[edit]Early life

Jones was born in Chicago, the oldest son of Sarah Frances (née Wells), an apartment complex manager and

bank executive who suffered fromschizophrenia, and Quincy Delight Jones, Sr., a semi-professional baseball

player and carpenter.[5][6][7] When he was 10, his family moved to Bremerton, Washington and he attended

Seattle's Garfield High School. It was in Seattle that Jones, 14, first met a 17-year-old Ray Charles [8]  and

developed musically under the tutelage of Robert Blackwell.

His brother, Richard Jones, is a federal district court judge in Seattle, and has presided over several very high-

profile cases, including the notorious Green River Killer Gary Ridgway.[9]

In 1951, Jones won a scholarship to the Schillinger House (now Berklee College of Music) in Boston,

Massachusetts. However, he abandoned his studies when he received an offer to tour as a trumpeter with the

bandleader Lionel Hampton. While Jones was on the road with Hampton, he displayed a gift for arranging

songs. Jones relocated to New York City, where he received a number of freelance commissions arranging

songs for artists like Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, and his

close friend Ray Charles.

[edit]Musical career

In 1956, Jones toured again as a trumpeter and musical director of the Dizzy Gillespie Band on a tour of the

Middle East and South America sponsored by the United States Information Agency. Upon his return to the

United States, Jones got a contract from ABC-Paramount Records and commenced his recording career as the

leader of his own band.

In 1957, Quincy settled in Paris where he studied composition and theory with Nadia Boulanger and Olivier

Messiaen. He also performed at the Paris Olympia. Jones became music director at Barclay Disques, the

French distributor for Mercury Records.

During the 1950s, Jones successfully toured throughout Europe with a number of jazz orchestras. As musical

director of Harold Arlen's jazz musical Free and Easy, Quincy Jones took to the road again. A European tour

closed in Paris in February 1960. With musicians from the Arlen show, Jones formed his own big band, called

The Jones Boys, with 18 artists—plus their families—in tow. The band included jazz greats Eddie Jones and

fellow trumpeter Reunald Jones, and organized a tour of North America and Europe. Though the European and

American concerts met enthusiastic audiences and sparkling reviews, concert earnings could not support a

band of this size, and poor budget planning made it an economic disaster; the band dissolved and the fallout

left Jones in a financial crisis. Quoted in Musician   magazine , Jones said about his ordeal, "We had the best

jazz band in the planet, and yet we were literally starving. That's when I discovered that there wasmusic, and

there was the music business. If I were to survive, I would have to learn the difference between the two." Irving

Green, head of Mercury Records, got Jones back on his feet with a personal loan and a new job as the musical

director of the company's New York division, where he worked with Doug Moody, who would later go on to

form Mystic Records.

[edit]His 1960s breakthrough and rise to prominence

In 1964, Jones was promoted to vice-president of the company, thus becoming the first African American to

hold such an executive position in a white-owned record company.[10] In that same year, Quincy Jones turned

his attention to another musical arena that had long been closed to blacks—the world of film scores. At the

invitation of director Sidney Lumet, he composed the music for The Pawnbroker. It was the first of his 33 major

motion picture scores.

Following the success of The Pawnbroker, Jones left Mercury Records and moved to Los Angeles. After

his film score for The Slender Thread, starring Sidney Poitier, he was in constant demand as a composer. His

film credits in the next five years included Walk, Don't Run, In Cold Blood, In the Heat of the Night, A Dandy in

Aspic, Mackenna's Gold, The Italian Job, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, The Lost Man, Cactus Flower, and The

Getaway. In addition, he also composed the theme for "The Streetbeater," which became familiar as the theme

music for the television sitcomSanford and Son, starring close friend Redd Foxx.

In the 1960s, Jones worked as an arranger for some of the most important artists of the era, including Billy

Eckstine, Sarah Vaughn, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, and Dinah Washington. Jones's solo

recordings also garnered acclaim, including Walking in Space, Gula Matari, Smackwater Jack, You've Got It

Bad, Girl, Body Heat, Mellow Madness, and I Heard That!!.

He is well known for his 1962 tune "Soul Bossa Nova", which originated on the Big Band Bossa Nova album.

"Soul Bossa Nova" was a theme for the 1998 World Cup, the Canadian game showDefinition, the Woody

Allen film Take the Money and Run and the Austin Powers film series, and was sampled by Canadian hip hop

group Dream Warriors for their song, "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style".

Jones was also responsible for producing all four million-selling singles for Lesley Gore during the early and

mid-sixties, including "It's My Party" (UK No. 8; US No. 1), "Judy's Turn To Cry" (US No. 5), "She's A Fool"

(also a US No. 5) in 1963, and "You Don't Own Me" (US No. 2 for four weeks in 1964). He continued to

produce for Lesley until 1966, including the Greenwich/ Barry hit "Look of Love" (US No. 27) in 1965.

Jones's 1981 album The Dude yielded multiple hit singles, including "Ai No Corrida" (a remake of a song

by Chaz Jankel), "Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways", the latter two featuring James Ingram on lead vocals

and marking Ingram's first hits.

In 1985, Jones scored the Steven Spielberg film adaptation of The Color Purple. He and Jerry

Goldsmith (from Twilight Zone: The Movie) are the only composers besides John Williams to have scored a

Spielberg theatrical film. After the 1985 American Music Awards ceremony, Jones used his influence to draw

most of the major American recording artists of the day into a studio to record the song "We Are the World" to

raise money for the victims of Ethiopia's famine. When people marveled at his ability to make the collaboration

work, Jones explained that he'd taped a simple sign on the entrance: "Check Your Ego At The Door".

Starting in the late 1970s, Jones tried to convince Miles Davis to re-perform the music he had played on

several classic albums that had been arranged by Gil Evans in the 1960s. Davis had always refused, citing a

desire not to revisit the past. In 1991, Davis, then suffering from pneumonia, relented and agreed to perform

the music at a concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival. The resulting album from the recording, Miles & Quincy

Live at Montreux, was Davis' last released album (he died several months afterward) and is considered an

artistic triumph.[11]

In 1993, Jones collaborated with David Salzman to produce the concert extravaganza An American Reunion, a

celebration of Bill Clinton's inauguration as president of the United States. In 1994, Salzman and Jones formed

the company Quincy Jones/David Salzman Entertainment (QDE) with Time/Warner Inc. QDE is a diverse

company which produces media technology, motion pictures, television programs (In the House, The Fresh

Prince of Bel-Air, and MADtv), and magazines (Vibe and Spin).

In 2001, he published his autobiography, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones. On July 31, 2007, Jones

partnered with Wizzard Media to launch the Quincy Jones Video Podcast.[12] In each episode, Jones shares his

knowledge and experience in the music industry. The first episode features Jones in the studio, producing "I

Knew I Loved you" for Celine Dion, which is featured on theEnnio Morricone tribute album, We All Love Ennio

Morricone. Jones is also noted for helping produce Anita Hall's CD, Send Love, which was released in 2009.

[edit]Work with Michael Jackson

While working on the film The Wiz, Michael Jackson asked Jones to recommend some producers for Jackson's

upcoming solo record. Jones offered some names, but eventually asked Jackson if he would like for him to

produce the record. Jackson replied that he would, whereas the result, Off The Wall, ultimately sold about 20

million copies and made Jones the most powerful record producer in the industry at that time. Jones' and

Jackson's next collaboration Thriller has sold a reputed 110 million copies and has become the highest-selling

album of all time.[13] Jones also worked on Michael Jackson's album Bad, which has sold 45 million

copies. Bad was the last time the pair would work together in the studio, although audio interviews with Jones

feature on the 2001 special editions of Off The Wall, Thriller and Bad.

In a 2002 interview, when Jackson was asked if he would ever work with Jones again he replied, "The door is

always open".[citation needed] However, in 2007, when NME asked Jones a similar question, he said "Man, please!

We already did that. I have talked to him about working with him again but I've got too much to do. I've got 900

products, I'm 74 years old."[14]

Following Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, Jones said:

“ I am absolutely devastated at this tragic and unexpected news. For Michael to be taken away from us so suddenly at such a young age, I just don't have the words. Divinity brought our souls together on The Wiz and allowed us to do what we were able to throughout the '80s. To this day, the music we created together on Off The Wall, Thriller andBad is played in every corner of the world and the reason for that is because he had it all...talent, grace, professionalism and dedication. He was the consummate entertainer and his contributions and legacy will be felt upon the world forever. I've lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him.[15] ”

[edit]Work with Frank Sinatra

Jones first worked with Frank Sinatra when he was invited by Princess Grace to arrange a benefit concert at

the Monaco Sporting Club in 1958.[16] Six years later, Sinatra hired him to arrange and conduct Sinatra's

second album with Count Basie, It Might as Well Be Swing (1964). Jones conducted and arranged 1966's live

album with the Basie Band, Sinatra at the Sands.[17] Jones was also the arranger/conductor when

Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, and Johnny Carson performed with the Basie orchestra in St. Louis,

Missouri, in a benefit for Dismas House in June 1965. The fund-raiser was broadcast to a number of other

theaters around the country and eventually released on DVD.[18] Later that year, Jones was also the

arranger/conductor when Sinatra and Basie appeared on The Hollywood Palace TV show on October 16, 1965.

[19] Nineteen years later, Sinatra and Jones teamed up for 1984's L.A. Is My Lady, after a joint Sinatra-Lena

Horne project was abandoned.[20]

[edit]Brazilian culture

Jones is a great admirer of Brazilian culture and a film on Brazil's Carnival is among his recent plans: "one of

the most spectacular spiritual events on the planet";[21] Simone, whom he cites as "one of the world´s greatest

singers",[22] Ivan Lins,[23] Milton Nascimento and Gilson Peranzzetta, "one of the five biggest arrangement

producers of the world"[24] stand as close friends and partners in his recent works.

[edit]Media appearances

Jones had a brief appearance in the 1990 video for The Time song "Jerk Out". Jones was a guest actor on an

episode of The Boondocks in which he and the main character, Huey Freeman, co-produced a Christmas play

for Huey's elementary school. He appeared with Ray Charles in the music video of their song 'One Mint Julep'

and also with Ray Charles and Chaka Khan in the music video of their song "I'll Be Good to You".

Jones during an annual meeting in 2004 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2004

Quincy Jones hosted an episode of the long-running NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live on

February 10, 1990 (during SNL's 15th season [the 1989–1990 season]). The episode was notable for having

10 musical guests[25] (the most any SNL episode has ever had in its 30-plus years on the air): Tevin

Campbell, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, rappers Kool Moe Dee and Big Daddy Kane, Melle Mel, Quincy D

III, Siedah Garrett, Al Jarreau, and Take 6, and for a performance of Dizzy Gillespie's "Manteca" by The SNL

Band (conducted by Quincy Jones himself).[25] Jones also impersonated Marion Barry in the then-recurring

sketch, "The Bob Waltman Special". Quincy Jones would later be producer for his own sketch comedy show,

FOX's MADtv.

Jones appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures film, Fantasia 2000, introducing the set piece of George

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Two years later he made a cameo appearance as himself in the film Austin

Powers in Goldmember.

On February 10, 2008, Jones joined Usher in presenting the Grammy Award for Album of the Year to Herbie

Hancock.

On January 6, 2009, Quincy Jones appeared on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly to discuss various

experiences within his prolific career. Also discussed was the informal notion of Jones becoming the

first minister of culture for the United States — following the pending inauguration of the 44th U.S.

President, Barack Obama. Carson Daly indicated the U.S. as being one of the only leading world countries,

along with Germany, to exclude this position from the national government. This idea has also been subject to

more in-depth discussion on NPR [26]  and the Chronicle of Higher Education.[27]

On December 12, 2009, Jones performed at a private reception for USAA employees at the Alamo Dome, in

San Antonio, TX.

On February 5, 2011 Quincy Jones appeared on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman.[citation needed]

[edit]Awards and recognition

Further information: List of Quincy Jones' awards and accolades

[edit]Discography

Main article: Quincy Jones discography

[edit]Personal life

Jones has been married three times and has seven children:

to Jeri Caldwell from 1957 to 1966; they had one daughter, Jolie Jones Levine.

to Ulla Andersson from 1967 to 1974; they had two children, Martina Jones and son Quincy Jones III;

to actress Peggy Lipton from 1974 to 1990; they had two daughters, actresses Kidada Jones and Rashida

Jones.

Jones also had a brief affair with Carol Reynolds and they had a daughter, Rachel Jones.

Jones dated and lived with actress Nastassja Kinski from 1991 until 1995. In February 1993, their daughter

Kenya Julia Miambi Sarah Jones was born.[28]

For the 2006 PBS television program African American Lives, Jones had his DNA tested; the results found that

through his patrilineal line (Y DNA), he is of European ancestry, and through his matrilineal line (mt DNA) he is

of West African/Central African ancestry of Tikar descent.[29] In a BBC interview, Jones said he had discovered

that his father was half Welsh.[30] The series revealed that Jones' family hails from an area in Cameroon known

for its music. On hearing the information, Jones said: "I would have never guessed." On his mother's side,

Jones is a descendant of Betty Washington Lewis, president George Washington's sister.[31]

Jones has never learned to drive, citing an accident in which he was a passenger (at age 14) as the reason.[32]

[edit]Social activism

Jones at a performance of The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker, December, 2010

Jones's social activism began in the 1960s with his support of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jones is one of the

founders of the Institute for Black American Music (IBAM), whose events aim to raise enough funds for the

creation of a national library of African American art and music. Jones is also one of the founders of theBlack

Arts Festival in his hometown of Chicago. In the 1970s Jones formed The Quincy Jones Workshops. Meeting

at the Los Angeles Landmark Variety Arts Center, the workshops educated and honed the skills of inner city

youth in musicianship, acting and songwriting. Among its Alumni were Alton Mc Clain who had a hit song with

Alton Mc Clain and Destiny, and Mark Wilkins who co-wrote the hit song "Havin' A Love Attack" with Mandrill

and went on to become the National Promotion Director for Punk / Thrash record label Mystic Records. For

many years, he has worked closely with Bono of U2 on a number of philanthropic endeavors. He is the founder

of the Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation, a nonprofit that connects youths with technology, education, culture

and music. One of the organization's programs is an intercultural exchange between underprivileged youths

from Los Angeles and South Africa.

In 2004, Jones helped launch the We Are the Future (WAF) project, which gives children in poor and conflict-

ridden areas a chance to live their childhoods and develop a sense of hope. The program is the result of a

strategic partnership between the Global Forum, the Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation and Hani Masri, with

the support of the World Bank, UN agencies and major companies. The project was launched with a concert in

Rome, Italy, in front of an audience of half a million people.

Jones supports a number of other charities including the NAACP, GLAAD, Peace Games, AmfAR and The

Maybach Foundation.[33] Jones serves on the Advisory Board of HealthCorps. On July 26, 2007, he announced

his endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president. But with the election of Barack Obama, Quincy Jones said that

his next conversation "with President Obama [will be] to beg for a secretary of arts,"[34] prompting the circulation

of a petition on the Internet asking Obama to create such a Cabinet-level position in his administration.[35][36]

In 2001, he became an honorary member of the Board of Directors of The Jazz Foundation of America. Jones

worked with The Jazz Foundation of America [37]  to save the homes and the lives of America's elderly jazz and

blues musicians including those who survived Hurricane Katrina.[citation needed]

Jones and his friend John Sie, founder of Liberty Starz, worked together to create the Global Down Syndrome

Foundation, the founding of which was inspired by Sie’s granddaughter, Sophia, who has Down syndrome.[38]