Quincy Jones, who passed away earlier this week, received a tribute from Saturday Night Live.
NBC’s venerable program paid tribute to the musical legend who died at the age of 91 with a card at the end of the show.
Jones previously hosted SNL in February 1990. He was about to finish promoting his album Back on the Block and appeared with a lot of musical guests including Kool Moe Dee, Mel Mel Mel, and Quincy D III.
The ten musicians Jones brought with him are believed to have set the record for the show, which still stands to this day.
He also paid tribute to Nelson Mandela, who was due to be released from prison hours after the show, during his monologue.
Fun fact: Dana Carvey, who did an impression of Elon Musk on tonight’s show, was in the cast when Jones hosted.
Jones was a musician, composer, producer, and songwriter whose work spanned seven decades, including producing Michael Jackson Thriller to frequent collaborations with Frank Sinatra for the big screen adaptation The color purple He has composed some of the most memorable movie and television music of all time.
He also convinced Miles Davis to record Davis’ final album. Miles and Quincy: Living in Montreuxthree months before the great jazz musician’s death in 1991.
Father of seven, including Parks and recreation and Angie Tribeca Alum Rashida Jones has written music and scores for dozens of movies, including In the Heat of the Night, in cold blood, Bob, Carol, Ted and Alice, Outside the cities, They call me Mr. Tibbs. and pedantry.
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