Quincy Jones, Giant of American Music, Dies at 91 NYT | Top Stories Ben Ratliff 4 November 2024 at 16:14 As a producer, he made the best-selling album of all time, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” He was also a prolific arranger and composer of film music. © Damon Winter/The New York TimesQuincy Jones in 2013. Starting in the late 1950s, he took social and professional mobility to a new level in Black popular art.