Produced and co-moderated by USC Thornton Dean Jason King, this incredible panel will bring together influential artists and musicians who collaborated with Jones on projects ranging from Michael Jackson’s Thriller to “We Are the World” and helped contribute to his iconic sound. In the 1970s and 1980s, Quincy Jones released his own critically and commercially acclaimed albums including Smackwater Jack (1971), Body Heat (1974), and The Dude (1981), as well as film and television soundtracks such as Roots and The Color Purple, and the iconic 1985 anthem “We Are the World.” The music visionary also applied his Midas touch to the work of many other artists, producing for the likes of the Brothers Johnson, George Benson, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles, and, most notably, Michael Jackson’s top-selling Thriller (1982) and Bad (1987).