Late Quincy Jones’ Manse in Bel-Air Seeks $60 Million

A 25,000-square-foot mansion in Bel-Air owned by the late Quincy Jones has hit the market for nearly $60 million.

The longtime estate of the Grammy-winning record producer and composer behind Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” is up for sale at 1101 Bel Air Place, in Lower Bel-Air, according to The Wall Street Journal and Robb Report.

Jones, who died of pancreatic cancer in November at age 91, bought the 2.3-acre lot in 1972 for $200,000, or almost $87,000 an acre.

He then tapped the late luxury hospitality architect Gerald “Jerry” Allison to custom build the five-bedroom, 17-bathroom mansion to look like the Palace of the Lost City hotel the designer helped create in South Africa. Jones moved into the finished mansion in 2002.

David Kramer and Andrew Buss of the David Kramer Group at Compass hold the listing on behalf of the Jones estate.

“My father loved his home so much,” Jones’s daughter, actress Rashida Jones, said in a statement. “He created it from the ground up with his boundless imagination.”

The two-story estate sits at the end of a cul-de-sac atop a gated promontory overlooking Los Angeles, the Pacific Ocean and the San Gabriel Mountains.

The sprawling mansion has three wings linked by an elevator and several staircases.

A circular living room lined with windows — where Jones kept his piano to entertain guests — anchors the stone home’s central wing. It has a vaulted domed ceiling, seated bar and a library nook.

Nearby is a wine room equipped with a bar, tasting area and cellar, plus a game lounge and cabana, according to Robb.

An east wing houses a formal dining room, gourmet kitchen with a butler’s pantry, family room and staff quarters, plus a lavish primary suite with walk-in closets, a luxe bath, fitness room, den and balcony.

A west wing has three guest bedrooms, plus a recording studio, screening room, gallery and security office.

The studio had been equipped with an electric keyboard so Jones could play music at night by himself, Tom Fo, a senior design adviser at WATG, Allison’s architecture firm, told the WSJ. The room was large enough for a group of artists to record their music.

Outside, manicured grounds contain verandas and patios overlooking a lighted tennis court and an infinity-edge pool with a spillover spa. Much of the property’s value comes from the land, according to Buss.

“It’s incredibly rare to have this amount of flat land with those types of views,” Buss told the WSJ.

A typical single-family home in Bel-Air sold for $5.06 million last quarter, up 10.9 percent from the same time last year, according to Douglas Elliman. The most expensive house on the market in Bel-Air seeks $175 million.— Dana Bartholomew