About Ahmed Ertegun:
The Ertegun brothers (I knew Neshui better) were lovely people.
There are few left from this era. I have heard from Jerry Wexler,
one of the partners and producers at Atlantic (involved in Ray
Charles recordings for that label). He is living in Florida. Don't
know if their engineer, Tom Dowd, is still alive or not, but the
actor they got to play him in the "Ray" movie looked very much the
way I remember him as a young man.
Orrin Keepnews - the Riverside Records honcho who produced early Bill
Evans and many Monk recordings is living in San Francisco.
George Avakian is in his 80's, active, alert, and great to know. I
run into him from time to time, as we are both fans of Dave Berger's
Sultans of Swing, and we meet occasionally at their performances.
George was the producer responsible for the Miles Davis/Gil Evans
recordings on Columbia, financed largely from profits from the
international pop division, of which George was in charge. It's hard
to imagine my musical world had George not had the vision to take
that chance.
Would that I had had the perspective to recognize the extraordinary
commitment and courage of these people when I first knew them.
Chuck
On Dec 15, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
I know there are many fans of Jazz on this list (and blues as well):
"Ahmet Ertegun, Founding Chairman of Atlantic Records, passed away on
December 14, 2006 in New York City at the age of 83. He had been
hospitalized with a head injury since October 29th, when he fell
backstage at a Rolling Stones concert at the Beacon Theatre in
Manhattan."
http://www.atlanticrecords.com has a wonderful tribute to Ahmet.
Kim Patrick Clow
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