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BobbyZ
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« on: 21:59:59, 15-08-2008 »
Yes, an astute business man. Yes, r'n'b more than jazz maybe. But a genuine feel for the music, prepared to give long term support to an artist and time to build a career.  People like Wexler and Ertegun, the Chess brothers, Bumps Blackwell etc are slightly ambivalent characters but without them a whole swathe of fantastic music would have been lost. Compare with those currently at Warner Universal, Sony BMG and EMI.
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« Reply #1 on: 15:41:58, 16-08-2008 »
Yes indeed very different, there was a sense of vocation and calling then, even by music bizz supremoes, no doubt they were in it for a profit as well, but maybe not the easiest profit. They did a documentary about Ertegun/Atlantic on Radio one years back which led to Coltrane being played on R1 before 10 oclock in the evening IIRC
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« Reply #2 on: 17:27:13, 16-08-2008 »
Jerry Wesler, R.I.P.

I am sorry his life came to an end. He was no doubt a remarkable individual. May be they will play some of his records.
I feel sorry I know so little of music and so few musicians.

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« Reply #3 on: 18:47:47, 16-08-2008 »
Hi t-p

Jerry Wexler was joint founder of the Atlantic record company which, at least initially, specialised in promoting black American music. So not a musician as such, although he did produce many recordings. I expect Radio 2 will be the most likely place for some sort of tribute programme. 
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« Reply #4 on: 19:07:22, 16-08-2008 »


Jerry Wexler, who died yesterday aged 91, was one of the most influential record producers of the past 50 years, and the man who introduced the term “Rhythm and Blues” into the lexicon of popular music.

For more than 30 years Wexler was a partner in Atlantic Records, where he worked with a dazzling array of artists, including Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield and Dr John. Wexler had a particular gift for spotting raw talent, and shaping a musical context in which it could shine.
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« Reply #5 on: 17:40:16, 17-08-2008 »
I would have thought the Ertegun family took care of the jazz side of things. By the time the 60s were ending more & more hybrid stuff, jazz-flavoured rock, more or less, was beginning to appear on this label- Les McCann, Herbie Mann & even some of Yusef Lateef's product.
 For all I know some of this gear may become rock or soul cult classics e.g. « Compared to what », but there wasn't really anything in this time period on the level of 'Giant steps', 'Shape of jazz to come' or MJQ's European concerts.
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