(born 1933) One of the leading music and television producers of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as one of America’s leading black entrepreneurs. Jones studied jazz as a trumpeter and began arranging some of the jazz greats in the 1950s. Known as Q, he began his foray into film with the soundtrack for The Pawnbroker (1965), the same year he won his first Grammy for Count Basie’s “I Can’t Stop Loving You.” He owns Qwest Records and a television production company while also producing in Hollywood. At the same time, he continues to be influential in the music industry advancing the career of numerous rap artists, including Ice T and Big Daddy Kane.