| Quincy Jones discography | |
|---|---|
 Jones in 1975 | |
| Studio albums | 16 |
| Soundtrack albums | 24 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
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]
| Year | Title | Label | Chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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| 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 | — |
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| 1975 | Mellow Madness | 16 | 1 | 3 | — | |||
| 1976 | I Heard That!! | 43 | 1 | 16 | — | |||
| 1978 | Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! | 15 | 1 | 4 | — |
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| 1981 | Quincy Jones Live at the Budokan | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Dude | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| 1993 | Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux (with Miles Davis) | Warner Bros. | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | Q's Jook Joint | Qwest | 32 | 1 | 6 | — |
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| 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. | ||||||||
| 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 |
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| 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. | |||||||
| Date | Artist | Album title | Label | Notes |
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| 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 |
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Certification | ||||||||
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| 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 |
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| "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. | |||||||||||
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