I knew this was it for me. Forever,” he writes in his newly published “Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones” (Doubleday, $26). The rest is, as they say, history. Jones would go on to arrange music for Frank Sinatra, childhood friend Ray Charles and ...

Jones' publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday night at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, surrounded by his family.

Quincy Jones, a prolific producer and the first Black executive at a major American record label, was best known as the architect of Michael Jackson's early success, including by producing "Thriller."