Ed Michel

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Edward "Ed" Michel (* 1936 ) is an American music producer who mainly made records with jazz and blues .

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Michel first attended Pomona College to study psychology from 1953 to 1956 at the University of California, Los Angeles . He also played as a bassist in the Ash Grove Folk Club in Los Angeles. From 1957 he worked for World Pacific Records as an associate producer, and in 1960 he worked for Verve Records under Val Valentin as a sound engineer. For several months he worked for Interdisc in Europe to work between 1961 and 1964 in New York City for Riverside Records as an assistant to Orrin Keepnews ; there he was also responsible for some of Charlie Byrd's productionsand Willie Rodriguez. After a short time as an independent producer, he worked from 1966 to 1969 as the manager of the music department for Muntz Stereo-Pak , which were sold as 4-track cassettes (which could not prevail against the 8-track cassettes).

After Michel produced an album with Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry within 24 hours , he was employed by ABC Records in Los Angeles . There he acted as before Bob Thiele , who had started his own business, as a jazz connoisseur among pop producers and between 1969 and 1975 as an A&R man headed the Impulse label ! Records and Bluesway . After producing some outsiders, he focused on records from musicians such as John Lee Hooker , BB King , Milt Jackson , Pharoah Sanders , Alice and John Coltrane , Archie Shepp , Sun Ra , Michael White , Sam Rivers , Marion Brown , Gato Barbieri or Keith Jarrett ; numerous productions were made in New York.

Michel has been working as a freelance producer and consultant for labels such as RCA / BMG, A & M / Horizon, Fantasy / Galaxy / Milestone / Contemporary / Prestige, Atlantic and Mosaic since 1975 ; he was responsible for albums by Sonny Fortune , Stanley Cowell , Dave Brubeck , Shelly Manne , Charlie Haden , Freddie Hubbard , Art Pepper and Henry Threadgill . He has also produced numerous re-releases (with additional material), tapes of remote recordings, such as by Chet Baker and Miles Davis , and collector's editions.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ashley Kahn The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records , p. 212
  2. ^ Ashley Kahn The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records , pp. 212ff.
  3. ^ Ashley Kahn The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records , pp. 214ff.
personal data
SURNAME Michel, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Michel, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American music producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1936