Quincy Jones Laid to Rest in Private Family Funeral

Music large Quincy Jones was laid to relaxation in a personal ceremony in Los Angeles, per week after his demise at age 91. A bigger, extra public memorial can be being deliberate.

The household of the 28-time Grammy-winning producer, arranger and composer stated in a press release to The Related Press that the “intimate ceremony included Mr. Jones’ seven kids, his brother, two sisters, and fast relations.”

The household didn’t reveal the cemetery the place the ceremony came about. They added that they continue to be “enormously grateful for the outpouring of condolences and tributes from his buddies and followers from around the globe. Particulars for a memorial celebration of Mr. Jones’ life will likely be introduced at a later date.”

Jones died surrounded by his household at his dwelling within the Bel Air part of Los Angeles on Nov. 3.

“Tonight, with full however damaged hearts, we should share the information of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing,” the household stated in a press release saying the information earlier this moth.

“And though that is an unbelievable loss for our household, we have fun the good life that he lived and know there’ll by no means be one other like him.”

“He’s actually one in all a sort and we’ll miss him dearly; we take consolation and immense satisfaction in figuring out that the love and pleasure, that have been the essence of his being, was shared with the world by way of all that he created. By way of his music and his boundless love, Quincy Jones’ coronary heart will beat for eternity.”

Tributes to him after his demise got here from a number of the largest figures in media and politics. Saturday Evening Dwell, which he as soon as hosted, paid tribute to him an evening earlier than his service with a memorial photograph in a quiet second of the present.

In lieu of flowers, Jones’ household asks for donations to the Jazz Basis of America.