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'''Greg Landau''' is an award-winning [[music producer|music]] and video producer, educator and [[music history|music historian]]. He is a three-time [[Grammy]] nominee and has produced over 30 CDs, film sound tracks and videos. He has worked with renowned artists including: Patato Valdes, [[Buena Vista Social Club]]'s Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, Susan Baca, Bobi Cespedes, Dr Loco, [[Pete Seeger]], [[Omar Sosa]], John Santos, Pancho Quinto, Quetzal, Los Mocosos, [[Maldita Vecindad]] and [[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]]'s record label [[Luaka Bop]]. |
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'''Greg Landau''' is a [[music producer|music]] and video producer, educator and [[music history|music historian]]. He is a three-time [[Grammy]] nominee and has produced over 30 CDs, film sound tracks and videos. |
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| ⚫ | Over the last two decades, Greg has worked extensively with both [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winning filmmaker [[Haskell Wexler]] and his father [[Saul Landau]], making documentary films in Latin America. He has also done extensive cultural research whilst on the continent |
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| ⚫ | During the 1980s, Landau toured internationally as a [[guitarist]] and tresero with the [[Nicaragua]]n [[Nueva Canción]] group, Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Mancotal, and shared stages with [[Silvio Rodríguez]], [[Pablo Milanés]], [[Mercedes Sosa]], [[Chico Buarque]], Amparo Ochoa and [[Nicomedes Santa Cruz]] in music festivals and concerts all over [[Latin America]] and [[Europe]]. |
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| ⚫ | Landau has worked in many areas of media production from broadcast media to web-based [[streaming video]] and computer [[telephony]]. His production credits include work for [[PBS]], [[Disney]], [[Sony]], [[Warner Bros.]], [[CNN]], [[LucasFilm]], Six Degrees Records, [[McDonald's]] and [[StarMedia]]. As Executive Producer at Starmedia, he has produced videos with [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Carlos Santana]], [[Los Lobos]], Sub-Comandante Marcos and many others. |
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He has worked with artists including Patato Valdes, [[Buena Vista Social Club]]'s Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, Susan Baca, Bobi Cespedes, Dr Loco, [[Pete Seeger]], [[Omar Sosa]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/artists.php?artist=DO_%28featuring_Omar_Sosa_and_Greg_Landau%29|title=DO (featuring Omar Sosa and Greg Landau)|work=Six Degree Records|accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref> John Santos, Pancho Quinto, [[Quetzal]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1SUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA166|title=Quetzal|last=Lechner|first=Ernesto|date=April 2002|work=Vibe|accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref> Los Mocosos, [[Maldita Vecindad]], poet [[Piri Thomas]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Hernández|first=Carmen Dolores|title=Puerto Rican voices in English: interviews with writers|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|date=1997|chapter=Piri Thomas|isbn=0275958094|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zMN8PibySHIC&pg=PA183}}</ref> and [[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]]'s record label [[Luaka Bop]]. |
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He also completed composing and producing the film score for [[Haskell Wexler]]'s newest film, "Who Needs Sleep" which will debut at the upcoming [[Sundance Film Festival]]. He is currently producing a CD for the Brazilian group [http://www.sambada.com Sambada], as well as Mexican singer and songwriter Arturo Ortega. |
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| ⚫ | He produced the Grammy-nominated album ''[[Peru Blue]]'' with [[Pamela Rodriguez]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-g0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64|title=Latin Leaders|last=Colombo|first=Anthony|coauthors=Ricardo Companioni|date=21 October 2006|work=Billboard|accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref> Landau, Babatunde Lea, and John Greenham composed and produced "The African Diaspora Suite" for a permanent installation in the newly built Museum of the African Diaspora in [[San Francisco]]. |
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Greg currently teaches at the [[University of California at Santa Cruz]] and [[San Francisco City College]]. In addition, he also continues his professional work producing music and videos while pursuing research about the role of music in contemporary societies. |
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He also composed and produced the film score for [[Haskell Wexler]]'s newest film, "Who Needs Sleep" which debuted at the [[Sundance Film Festival]]. He produced ''[[Salve a Bahia]]'' then ''[[Gente!]]'' for the Brazilian group [[SambaDa]] in 2009, who say he made their work “more fun, more work, more intense.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/20254/Get_funky_with_SambaDa_at_the_Blue_Lamp|title=Get funky with SambaDa at the Blue Lamp|last=Miglieta|first=Halley|date=7 January 2010|work=Sacramento Press|accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=47965|title=Sambada's New Album "Gente!" and Release Party Dates|date=14 January 2010|work=All About Jazz|accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref> He also produced work for Mexican singer and songwriter [[Arturo Ortega]]. |
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Landua received a [[doctorate]] in Communication from the [[University of California, San Diego]].<ref name=ucsc>{{cite web|url=http://lals.ucsc.edu/directory/details.php?id=61|title=Greg Landau|work=Latin American & Latino Studies|publisher=UC Santa Cruz|accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref> He teaches at the [[University of California at Santa Cruz]]<ref name=ucsc and [[San Francisco City College]], and researches the role of music in contemporary societies. |
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Greg Landau is a music and video producer, educator and music historian. He is a three-time Grammy nominee and has produced over 30 CDs, film sound tracks and videos.
Music career
During the 1980s, Landau toured internationally as a guitarist and tresero with the Nicaraguan Nueva Canción group, Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Mancotal, and shared stages with Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés, Mercedes Sosa, Chico Buarque, Amparo Ochoa and Nicomedes Santa Cruz in music festivals and concerts all over Latin America and Europe.
Over the last two decades, Greg has worked extensively with both Oscar-winning filmmaker Haskell Wexler and his father Saul Landau, making documentary films in Latin America. He has also done extensive cultural research whilst on the continent.
Media production
Landau has worked in many areas of media production from broadcast media to web-based streaming video and computer telephony. His production credits include work for PBS, Disney, Sony, Warner Bros., CNN, LucasFilm, Six Degrees Records, McDonald's and StarMedia. As Executive Producer at Starmedia, he has produced videos with Christina Aguilera, Carlos Santana, Los Lobos, Sub-Comandante Marcos and many others.
He has worked with artists including Patato Valdes, Buena Vista Social Club's Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, Susan Baca, Bobi Cespedes, Dr Loco, Pete Seeger, Omar Sosa,[1] John Santos, Pancho Quinto, Quetzal,[2] Los Mocosos, Maldita Vecindad, poet Piri Thomas,[3] and David Byrne's record label Luaka Bop.
He produced the Grammy-nominated album Peru Blue with Pamela Rodriguez.[4] Landau, Babatunde Lea, and John Greenham composed and produced "The African Diaspora Suite" for a permanent installation in the newly built Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco.
He also composed and produced the film score for Haskell Wexler's newest film, "Who Needs Sleep" which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. He produced Salve a Bahia then Gente! for the Brazilian group SambaDa in 2009, who say he made their work “more fun, more work, more intense.”[5][6] He also produced work for Mexican singer and songwriter Arturo Ortega.
Teaching
Landua received a doctorate in Communication from the University of California, San Diego.[7] He teaches at the University of California at Santa Cruz<ref name=ucsc and San Francisco City College, and researches the role of music in contemporary societies.
References
- ^ "DO (featuring Omar Sosa and Greg Landau)". Six Degree Records. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ Lechner, Ernesto (April 2002). "Quetzal". Vibe. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ Hernández, Carmen Dolores (1997). "Piri Thomas". Puerto Rican voices in English: interviews with writers. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0275958094.
- ^ Colombo, Anthony (21 October 2006). "Latin Leaders". Billboard. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Miglieta, Halley (7 January 2010). "Get funky with SambaDa at the Blue Lamp". Sacramento Press. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Sambada's New Album "Gente!" and Release Party Dates". All About Jazz. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Greg Landau". Latin American & Latino Studies. UC Santa Cruz. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
External links
- Official website
- Taylor, Andrew. "Art as Business as Art: Greg Landau". Open Source Audio. UW-Madison Arts Institute. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
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