Complete Music Archive - Events, Albums, Tours
APOLLO THEATER, HARLEM: (1983 - 85, present)
Producer / Programmer, concerts including Salif Keita, The Neville Brothers with Living Colour, Joan Armatrading, George Clinton Celebrates 50 Years of P-Funk, The Wailers Celebrate Bob Marley’s 60th Birthday, and India.Arie with Raul Midon. (2005-present).
House Sound Engineer, all concerts and events (1983-85).
Production Coordinator, NBC-TV's "Salute to the Apollo's 50th Anniversary", featuring Michael Jackson, James Brown, Sarah Vaughan, Sammy Davis Jr., Stevie Wonder, Bill Cosby, The Commodores, The Temptations, The Four Tops, many others (1983-85).
BARBICAN CENTER, LONDON:
Producer/Director, “Nightmare Romance: Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock”, (see above under Original Productions).
Producer, “The Film Music Of Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard” (see above under Original Productions).
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW YORK (BAM): (1986 - present)
Programmer, Patti Smith - “Horses”, a special concert celebration on November 30 and December 1, 2005 of the 30th anniversary of Patti Smith’s landmark 1975 debut album, performed in its entirety (plus additional songs) by The Patti Smith Band with guests Tom Verlaine and Flea. A North America exclusive.
Producer, “Winter Soul”, at the BAM Opera House. January 27, 2006 was a hip-hop and spoken word evening with Arrested Development, M1, and the 2005 US champion teen poets from Urban Word. January 28, 2006 featured Morris Day and The Time with guest Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. January 7, 2005 featured George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars and TV On The Radio. January 24, 2004 featured Sam Moore and Raul Midon, and the series premier on January 18, 2003 featured Bobby “Blue” Bland and Cody ChesnuTT.
Producer, “The Next Wave of Song”, at the BAM Opera House on October 25, 2001 featuring Meshell N’Degeocello, Beth Orton, and Rufus Wainwright, and on October 11 and 12, 2002 featuring Ben Folds, Stephin Merritt, and Marc Anthony Thompson. The series showcased contemporary edgy pop singer-songwriters, each performing stripped-down sets of their own music.
Producer, “A Magic Science: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix” (see Original Productions).
Producer, “Party At the End of Time: 1999 Live” (see Original Productions).
Producer, BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival (see Original Productions).
Music Producer, Martin Luther King Day event, 1997-present, at the BAM Opera House. Annual event celebrates the legacy of Dr. King on the day of the national holiday, featuring testimonials by political luminaries such as Senator Hillary Clinton, and U.N. Secy. Kofi Annan, and US Congressman John Lewis, plus live gospel music performances. Artists have included The Boys Choir Of Harlem, Raul Midon, The Persuasions, Dr. John, the Institutional Radio Choir, Donnie McClurkin, the McCollough Sons of Thunder, Hezekiah Walker, the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Raymond Myles, Nancey Jackson, Lillias White, and Lizz Wright.
Producer/Talent Booker, Jazz: The Next Wave, 1995 - 1998, at the BAM Carey Playhouse and the BAM Opera House. Don Byron (artistic director), assembled stars of the “alternative jazz” scene for concerts which featured Bill Frisell, Dave Holland, Medeski Martin & Wood, Tito Puente, and others.
Line Producer / Stage Manager, Lou Reed and John Cale's "Songs For 'Drella", a mixed-media original musical theater work based on the life and death of Andy Warhol, November and December, 1989 at the BAM Opera House.
Production Manager, New Music America Festival (1989).
Production Consultant / Coordinator, Next Wave Festival (1986); Twyla Tharp Dance Company (1987); Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra (1987).
CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK: (2000 - present)
Producer, “Eartha Kitt’s Fabulous 80th Birthday Concert” June 25, 2007 (see Original Productions).
Producer, “Sing The Truth” - a tribute to Nina Simone, June 21, 2004(see Original Productions).
Producer, “The Movie Music Of Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard” June 20, 2003 (see Original Productions).
Producer, “Broadway Artists Sing The Songs Of Billie Holiday” April 22, 2002 (see Original Productions).
Producer, “From Spirituals To Swing”, June 22, 2000 (see Original Productions).
CASTLE CLINTON / BATTERY PARK, NEW YORK: (2002)
Music Programmer, five free outdoor summer concerts in the Federal landmark 200-year-old fort in Battery Park, NY, featuring Jane Siberry, Derek Trucks, Rosanne Cash, Neko Case, and Los Amigos Invisibles.
CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE, NEW YORK: (1999)
Producer, ”Joni’s Jazz” July 1, 1999 (see Original Productions).
CREATIVE TIME: (2001)
Producer, “Local Frequencies”, featuring three New York City artists - choreographer Gabri Christa, singer-songwriter Toshi Reagon, and Jamaican poet-songwriter Everton Sylvester - each contributing original 15-minute music, voice and sound collages about their respective home neighborhoods. A cd was pressed and distributed free to locations around the artists’ neighborhoods. It was broadcast in Spring, 2003 on New York radio station WFUV.
Producer, Music in the Anchorage: “Bridge Noir” (Tales of Mystery and the Macabre), July 19, 2000 - original music performed by Vernon Reid and friends on guitars and electronic instruments, accompanied by with live readings by authors Paul Auster, Luc Sante, and Rafi Zabor... also Music in the Anchorage: “Gospel Under the Bridge”, July 23, 2000 - featuring the McCollough Sons of Thunder and the SRC All-City Gospel Chorale. (The Anchorage is the cavernous space within the base of the Brooklyn end of the Brooklyn Bridge, since closed for security reasons).
EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT, SEATTLE: (2000)
Producer, “A Magic Science: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix” November 26, 2000 (see Original Productions).
Producer, “Rickie Lee Jones and Friends” featuring Joe Jackson, June 23, 2000 at the Bagley Wright Playhouse, Seattle. The event was one of the numerous concerts and events at various venues celebrating the opening of the new state-of-the-art interactive music museum and showplace (brainchild of Paul Allen, designed by Frank Gehry).
FESTIVAL PRODUCTIONS / JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL, NEW YORK: (1989-91 / 99 - present)
Producer, “Preservation Hall at Town Hall”, June 19, 2007 at The Town Hall, NY for the JVC Jazz Festival, featuring the Preservation Hall Jazz Band with special guests Allen Toussaint, Steve Wilson, and Jenny Scheinman.
Producer, “Eartha Kitt’s Fabulous 80th Birthday Concert” June 25, 2007 (see Original Productions).
Producer, “Sing The Truth” - A Tribute To Nina Simone, June 21, 2004 (see Original Productions).
Producer, “The Movie Music Of Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard”, June 20, 2003 (see Original Productions).
Producer, “From Spirituals To Swing”, June 22, 2000 (see Original Productions).
Producer, “Kind Of Blue At 40", June 23, 1999 (see Original Productions).
Line Producer, 1989, 1990, and 1991 Mellon Jazz Festivals in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and the Boston Globe Jazz Festival. Forty or more live events at each festival. Performers included Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, David Sanborn, Nancy Wilson, and many others.
HOLLYWOOD BOWL, LOS ANGELES: (2002 - present)
Artistic Consultant, “Benny Carter’s 100 Years of Music”, August 8, 2007. Hosted by Quincy Jones, and featuring the Clayton-Hamilton Big Band with guests Roy Hargrove, James Moody, Russell Malone, Roberta Gamborini, The Benny Carter Trio, and others.
Co-Producer, “The Gershwins In Hollywood”, July 13, 2005 (see Original Productions).
Producer, “The Movie Music of Woody Allen”, July 20, 2005 (see Original Productions).
Producer, “The Movie Music Of Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard”, July 30, 2003 (see Original Productions).
Producer, “Broadway and Hollywood Celebrate Billie Holiday”, July 17, 2002 (see Original Productions).
LES NUITS DE FOURVIERE FESTIVAL, LYON: (2007)
Producer/Director, “Nightmare Romance: Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock”, July 6, 2007 (see Original Productions).
LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL, NEW YORK: (1996 - 99)
Line Producer, “House Full O’ Praise - a Gospel Marathon”, July, 1999 at the Society for Ethical Culture auditorium and at Avery Fisher Hall. Nine concerts featuring gospel stars of the New York area, plus Shirley Caesar and Yolanda Adams.
Line Producer, Ornette Coleman Celebration, July, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall. Concert series honoring the legendary jazz musician and composer featuring the Prime Time Band with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, a reunion of Coleman’s 1960's quartet (with Charley Haden and Billy Higgins), and the Prime Time Band with guests Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson.
Line Producer, “Latin Pop Music Festival”, July, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall. Concerts celebrating music of a variety of hispanic cultures featured Gal Costa, Daniella Mercury, Israel Cachao Lopez, Los Amigos Invisibles, Los Van Van, and other artists.
Producer, Lincoln Center Festival Premier Season Opening Ceremonies, June, 1996, on the Lincoln Center Plaza. Festivities featured live brass ensemble, and speakers Jane Alexander, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Nat Leventhal, John Rockwell, and Beverly Sills.
Line Producer, Al Green / McCollough
Sons of Thunder, and Yehudi Menuhin Tribute featuring
Allen Ginsburg, Tan Dun, and others - June, 1996, both events at Avery Fisher
Hall.
MANN CENTER, PHILADELPHIA: (2003)
Producer, “The Movie Music Of Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard”, June 7, 2003 (see Original Productions).
MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (MASSMOCA): (2001)
Producer, “Same As It Ever Was”, April 28, 2001(see Original Productions).
NATIONAL BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL, ATLANTA: (2005 - present)
Producer, “Roberta Flack - Living Legend”, July 20, 2007 at the Woodruff Center.
Producer, “Abdullah Ibrahim”, July 26, 2007 at the Rialto Theater.
Producer, “Africa and the American South”, July 16, 2006 at the Center Stage Theater, starring Angelique Kidjo and Los Hombres Calientes. Also programmed a free outdoor concert at Wolfcreek Amphitheater starring The Spinners, drawing an audience of thousands.
Producer, “Living Legends: The Neville Brothers”, July 15, 2005 at the Woodruff Center. A celebration of the history and legacy of The Neville Brothers, featuring the Nevilles in concert with guests Irma Thomas and emcee Arthell Neville. Also programmed a free outdoor concert at the Wolfcreek Amphitheater starring The Manhattans, drawing an audience of thousands.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER: (2006 - present)
Producer, live music concerts and events promoting culture, travel and tourism. “The Sounds of South Africa”, on November 16, 2006, featured Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim, hosted by Harry Belafonte, at New York City Center. A series of events for the India Ministry of Tourism has taken place throughout the United States in 2007, including Anoushka Shankar at the new Carnival Center for the Arts in Miami; Badal Roy at the Asian Arts Museum in San Francisco, at the Walter Reade Theater in New York, and at the Rialto Theater in Atlanta; Vijay Iyer at the Chicago Cultural Center; and Zakir Hussein at the Sanders Theater at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.
NEW MUSIC SEMINAR, NEW YORK: (1983 - 85)
Line Producer / Talent Booker, live showcases. Artists included Madonna, Ruben Blades, Phillip Glass, Joe Ely, and Midnight Oil.
THE NEW SCHOOL, NEW YORK: (1984 - 91)
Host, "Speaking of Music" interview series / Music History Instructor (see Original Productions).
RAVINIA FESTIVAL, CHICAGO: (2005)
Producer, “The Movie Music of Woody Allen”, July 26, 2005 (see Original Productions).
THE RITZ & IRVING PLAZA, NEW YORK: (Irving Plaza, 1979 - 81; Ritz, 1981 - 82)
Stage Manager, New York concert theaters. Performers included Tina Turner, Joe Jackson, Kraftwerk, Squeeze, Frank Zappa, Iggy Pop, Prince, and many others.
RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL, NEW YORK: (2002 - present)
Music Programmer, free outdoor summer concerts on the Hudson River waterfront in Lower Manhattan, on two stages in Batter Park City. The 2007 season featured Joan Armatrading, Chris Thiele, Booker T and the MG’s with guest Sharon Jones, Paula West, Spoon, Riders in the Sky, and Mavis Staples. Past seasons have featured Terry Allen, The Black Keys, Regina Carter, Peter Concotti, Lea Delaria, The Dixie Hummingbirds with guest Garth Hudson, Dr. John, Jerry Douglas, Eels, Fountains Of Wayne, Arlo Guthrie, Daniel Lanois, Angelique Kidjo, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Little Feat, Maude Maggart, Aimee Mann, The Neville Brothers, Randy Newman, Joan Osborne, Toshi Reagon, Dianne Reeves, Vernon Reid, The Maria Schneider Orchestra, John Scofield, Son Volt, Luciana Souza with Lila Downs, The Spinners, Ralph Stanley, Richard Thompson, Tinariwen, The Waifs, and Dar Williams.
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: (1986 - 98)
Talent Coordinator, annual induction awards in New York, L.A., and Cleveland. Led a team of professional talent wranglers for producer Bill Graham through events featuring live appearances by a who’s who of rock, soul, and pop music legends, including Fats Domino, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, BB King, Smokey Robinson, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Diana Ross, Dion, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, The Four Seasons, The Kinks, Simon and Garfunkel, The Who, The Byrds, The Impressions, Ike and Tina Turner, Johnny Cash, The Yardbirds, Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Etta James, Van Morrison, Sly and the Family Stone, The Band, The Grateful Dead, Elton John, The Allman Brothers Band, Al Green, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, Pete Seeger, The Beach Boys, The Bee Gees, Buffalo Springfield, The Jackson Five, Joni Mitchell, Parliament-Funkadelic, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, The Mamas and the Papas, and Santana.
SAINT MARKS POETRY PROJECT, NEW YORK: (1984)
Producer / Talent Booker, June 4, 1984(see Original Productions).SYMPHONY CENTER, CHICAGO: (2002 / 2003)
Producer, “The Movie Music Of Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard”, July 26, 2003 (see Original Productions).
Producer, “Broadway And Friends Sing The Songs Of Billie Holiday”, July 12, 2002 (see Original Productions).
TANGLEWOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL, LENOX, MA. (2006)
Guest Producer, “Dr. John and Friends Celebrate the Music of Johnny Mercer”, September 2, 2006 (see Original Productions).
ALBUM CREDITS:
DON BYRON - “NU BLAXPLOITATION” (Blue Note): (1998)
Associate Producer, album by the virtuoso clarinetist and composer, featuring original music with spoken word, reworkings of tunes by Mandrill and Jimi Hendrix, and a live track with guest Biz Markie recorded at the Knitting Factory. Released 7/28/98.
DON BYRON - "BUG MUSIC" (Nonesuch): (1996)
Associate Producer, album of interpretations of music by composers Raymond Scott, John Kirby, Duke Ellington, and Billy Strayhorn. Recorded in New York. Released 10/15/96. Eighteen weeks on Billboard’s Jazz Album Chart Top 20 (peaked at number 4).
BENNY CARTER - "SONGBOOK - VOLUMES 1& 2 (BMG): (1996 - 97)
Producer / Talent Booker, two albums of original songs by legendary altoist, bandleader and arranger Carter. Recorded in New York and Los Angeles by Benny Carter and his quartet with guest cornetist Warren Vache. Special guest vocalists included Carmen Bradford, Ruth Brown, Jon Hendricks, Shirley Horn, Diana Krall, Peggy Lee, Kenny Rankin, Dianne Reeves, Marlena Shaw, Bobby Short, Billy Stritch, Wesla Whitfield, and Joe Williams. Volume 1 released 2/27/96; Volume 2 released 10/14/97.
"FOR THE LOVE OF HARRY: EVERYBODY SINGS
NILSSON" (MusicMasters): (1995)
Executive Producer (with Al Kooper), 5/9/95 (see Original Productions).
CONCERT TOURS:
"IN THEIR OWN WORDS" (1992 - 95)
Producer / Tour Manager, traveling pop songwriter series originally developed at New York’s Bottom Line Cabaret. Five North American tours, plus special events at the Newport Folk Festival, South By Southwest, Midem, and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Featuring notably eclectic lineups of artists, tour performers included David Baerwald, Dave Bartholomew, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Guy Clark, Johnny Clegg, Marshall Crenshaw, N’Dea Davenport, Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook, Mark Eitzel, Joe Ely, Rosie Flores, Steve Forbert, Gordon Gano, Lisa Germano, Freedy Johnston, Al Kooper, Sarah McLachlan, James McMurtry, Graham Parker, David Poe, Jules Shear, Michelle Shocked, Jill Sobule, Allen Toussaint, Midge Ure, and many others.
ORNETTE COLEMAN (Japan, Northern Ireland) (1998, 2000)
SHONEN KNIFE (with Nirvana; Lollapalooza ‘94) - North America: (1993 - 94)
THE BRECKER BROTHERS (headline tour) - Europe: (1993)
GEORGE BENSON & THE COUNT BASIE ORCH. (festival tours) - Europe: (1989 - 91)
TONY BENNETT - North America, Caribbean: (1990)
ROBERTA FLACK (headline tours) - North America, Japan, Caribbean: (1985 - 88)
STEVE FORBERT (headline tour) - North America: (1984)
THE FATBACK BAND (w/Kool & the Gang, Grandmaster Flash) - No. Am.: (1983)
THE JIM CARROLL BAND (with The J. Geils Band) - North America: (1982)
Tour Manager / Production Manager / Sound Engineer, on tours that included festival performances across Europe (Nice, Istanbul, Prague, Barcelona, Montreux, the Hague, etc.); Ornette Coleman and Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore with a 60-piece orchestra performing their original score for “Naked Lunch”, accompanying the film’s screening at the Belfast Festival; Roberta Flack performances with the Yomiuri Shimbun Orchestra in Tokyo and a concert for President Reagan at The White House broadcast on PBS-TV’s “Live From The East Room”; many various other performances in major theaters, festivals and clubs across all of North America.
