John Legend paid tribute to the late Quincy Jones with an Instagram post that celebrated both their longtime friendship and Jones’s indelible mark on the music world.
Shortly after Jones died at his home in Bel Air, Calif. on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at age 91, Legend recalled the star’s many accomplishments in a lengthy caption alongside various photos of them from over the years.
In one photo, Jones posed proudly with an armful of Grammys at the 1991 Grammy Awards (where he won album of the year, among others), and in another shot, Legend and Jones posed together in 2010. A third picture featured the pair with Stevie Wonder in 2017.
The “Wild” singer, 45, wrote that the first time he ever spoke to Jones, whom he called “Q,” the producer “gently reprimand[ed]” Legend, as one of his team members “wasn’t representing me well during my first year in the public…
