Rashida Jones has paid tribute to her father, music legend Quincy Jones, who handed away on Sunday evening on the age of 91. as a “big”. an icon. Tradition shifter. A genius.
“My father has been nocturnal his complete grownup life,” she wrote. “He’d been part of ‘Jazz Time’ since highschool and by no means seemed again. As a child, I’d get up in the midst of the evening on the lookout for him. Little question he can be composing (old-fashioned, with a pen and sheet music) someplace in the home. He would by no means ship me again to mattress, holding me in his arms with a smile on his face. There was no safer place on the planet for me. He was a large. Icon. Tradition shifter. A genius.
She continued: “Each correct description of my father, however his music (and all of his work) was a conduit for his love. He was love. He made everybody he met really feel cherished and seen . That is his legacy. I used to be privileged to expertise this love up shut. I’ll miss his hugs and kisses and unconditional devotion. It was a privilege to be your daughter.
The “Workplace” and “Parks and Recreation” star is the sixth of Quincy Jones’ seven kids. Her mom was mannequin and actress Peggy Lipton, who was married to Quincy Jones from 1974 to 1990.
Throughout his 70-year profession, Quincy Jones was an artist, bandleader, composer, arranger and producer. He gained 28 Grammy Awards and had probably the most vital impression on Michael Jackson’s profession, beginning along with his 1979 breakthrough album “Off the Wall.”
“Tonight, it’s with full and damaged hearts that we should share the information of the passing of our father and brother, Quincy Jones,” the Jones household mentioned in an announcement saying his demise. “Whereas this can be a troublesome time for our household, It is an unimaginable loss to say, however we have a good time his great life and take consolation in understanding that there’ll by no means be one other like him. He’s really one in every of a form and we’ll miss him dearly; Proud as a result of we all know that love and pleasure are the essence of His being and shared with the world via all He created. By means of his music and infinite love, Quincy Jones’ coronary heart will at all times beat.
