Quincy Jones

QUINCY JONES, ONE OF THE most important drivers of 20th century pop culture, died on Nov. 3 at 91. A music producer, composer, and executive, Jones served as the connective tissue between many eras and styles of music, from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson to Amy Winehouse.

- ANDREW R. CHOW

With his golden ear, inexhaustible work ethic, and devotion to both music history and new technologies, he defined the center of American pop music for decades.