- known as
- conductor, jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, record producer, songwriter, music executive, film producer, television producer, music arranger, humanitarian, jazz musician, singer, trumpeter, pianist, musician
- fields
- music, film score, jazz, trumpet performance, composed musical work, music production, singing, piano performance, music composition
- awards
- Commander of the Legion of Honour, Marian Anderson Award, 2001, Grammy Trustees Award, 1989, Grammy Legend Award, 1991, MusiCares Person of the Year, 1996, National Humanities Medal, 2000, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, 1995, Steiger Award, Paul Acket Award, Library of Congress Living Legend, from 2000, California Hall of Fame, 2008, Spingarn Medal, 2014, Horatio Alger Award, Kennedy Center Honors, honorary doctorate from Princeton University, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, 2002, Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo, National Medal of Arts, 2010, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, 1984, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, 1999, NEA Jazz Masters, 2008, BBC Jazz Awards, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2013, Global Citizen Awards, 2012, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score), 1977, Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, 1979, Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance, 1986, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, 1986, Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, 2016, Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, 2021, Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award, 1986, Academy Honorary Award, 2025
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Quincy Jones and Orchestra
