Rashida Jones paid tribute to her late dad, Quincy Jones , after his death at age 91 on Sunday, November 3.
He kept 'jazz hours' starting in high school and never looked back. When I was little, I would wake up in the middle of the night to search for him," Rashida, 48, wrote in a Thursday, November 7, Instagram tribute. He would never send me back to bed. He would smile and bring me into his arms while he continued to work She continued, "He was a giant. An icon. A culture shifter. A genius. All accurate descriptions of my father but his music and ALL of his work was a channel for his love.
He WAS love. He made everyone he ever met feel loved and seen. I was fortunate enough to experience this love in close proximity. Rashida closed her note with a message to her late father. Your love lives forever. The Parks and Recreation alum is one of the late producer's seven children. However, Rashida has been open about opting not to follow in her father's musical footsteps. I sang for them live. Instead, she dove into acting and directing, even codirecting the documentary Quincy , which chronicled her father's life and career, with Alan Hicks.
The doc included a vulnerable side of Quincy that hadn't been documented before, which included showing scenes from a hospitalization amid his struggle with drinking. He quit alcohol in Really, we did it for him, because we wanted him to be able to see where he was so that he wouldn't forget and he would take care of himself.
That was the original intention. I think I could tell that story, because I know he's a responder and a survivor. And I know that he thrives from being able to look at death and the possibility of death, and then reorganize from there.
