Bill Traut

William R. Bill Traut (* approx. 1929; † June 5, 2014 in Pacific Palisades ) was an American jazz musician (saxophone) and arranger , who in later years became known primarily as a music producer , publisher and manager.

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Traut began his career in the 1940s as a musician and arranger in various big bands . In the 1960s he worked as a studio musician in various musical fields such as rock, pop, classical, folk, jazz, blues and country. He wrote the title Shelley's World for Oscar Peterson . From the beginning of the 1970s, he primarily worked as a producer of rock and jazz bands such as Shadows of Knight , Styx , Siegel-Schwall Band , The American Breed , Coven , The Will-O-Bees , the Count Basie Orchestra and the Buddy Rich Big band ; He was also head of the label Dunwich Records , a sub-label of Atlantic Records and Wooden Nickel Records in Chicago , and CEO of the fusion label Headfirst in Los Angeles in the 1980s . He was the owner of Open Door Management , which looked after artists such as Kurt Elling , Janis Siegel , Alan Pasqua , Alan Broadbent , Peter Erskine , Fred Hersch , Jon Hendricks , Oregon , Tony Williams and Shelly Berg .

^ Obituary in Legacy.com
↑ ^a ^b Obituary in ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. JazzTimes @1@ 2
↑ The collaboration between Bill Traut and the band Coven is deepened in: James Vincent, Robert J. Macoy: Space Traveler: A Musician's Odyssey . 2003, p. 43.
↑ http://www.bsnpubs.com/chicago/dunwich.html

personal data
SURNAME	Trust Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Traut, William R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American music producer and manager
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1929
DATE OF DEATH	5th June 2014
Place of death	Pacific Palisades , Los Angeles , California , United States