The prolific music producer and arranger had an incalculable impact on American popular music, from bebop to hip-hop.

Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91.

Born Quincy Delight Jones Jr. on March 14, 1933, he grew up quickly, seeing firsthand, by age 7, the seamiest of Chicago’s underworld. He aspired to the gangster life after going to a wrong neighborhood and being nailed to a fence with a switchblade through his hand.

Legendary music producer Quincy Jones died on Nov. 3 in his Los Angeles home. The prolific music producer had an incalculable impact on American popular music.