National Urban League Mourns the Passing of Music Icon Quincy Jones
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE MOURNS THE PASSING OF GLOBAL MUSIC ICON QUINCY JONES
NEW YORK (November 4, 2024) -- National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement following the death of Quincy Jones:
"Quincy Jones’ influence on popular music is incalculable. His astonishing talent as a musician, composer, and conductor was matched by his brilliance as a producer and executive. Nearly every major development in popular music and the music industry over seven decades was touched by his genius.
"As a founding member of Operation PUSH and organizer of landmark benefit projects like USA for Africa, he will be remembered as a humanitarian and racial justice warrior. He not only created of the Institute for Black American Music to promote and preserve of African American art and music, he worked to ensure children would have access to study them.
"Quincy Jones was a treasured friend of the National Urban League, serving on our Honorary Centennial Committee in 2010, and was a past honoree of the Equal Opportunity Day Awards Gala.
"We join his family, friends, and admirers around the world in mourning his passing."