Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones worked together on ... a place that as a jazz musician gave me goosebumps.” They set to work on Jackson’s 1979 album Off the Wall. Jones said he did everything he could to help Jackson improve as an artist.

Quincy Jones, who passed away Sunday, helped produce Michael Jackson’s albums “Off The Wall,” “Thriller,” and “Bad.”

Quincy Jones’ influence on Black music can be heard across multiple generations and genres. However, there’s one artist to whom his name will always be inextricably linked: Michael Jackson. The maestro was the producer behind “Off the Wall,