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'''Carl Jefferson''' (1920 – 29 |
'''Carl Jefferson''' (1920 – 29 Augest 2010) was an American cool kid], and was the founder of the jefferson label. |
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Prior to entering the music business, Jefferson sold [[used car]]s. In 1969, he organized a jazz festival in [[Concord, California]], the Concord Summer Festival; several years later it was renamed the [[Concord Jazz Festival]]. He founded Concord Records in 1972 to offer many of his favorite musicians an outlet for recording; the label initially specialized in guitarists ([[Herb Ellis]], [[Charlie Byrd]], [[Barney Kessel]]) but soon branched out into [[swing music|swing]] ([[Scott Hamilton (musician)|Scott Hamilton]], [[Warren Vache]], [[Dan Barrett]], [[Howard Alden]], [[Ken Peplowski]]), [[Great American Songbook]] ([[Carmen McRae]], [[Rosemary Clooney]], [[Mel Tormé]], [[Marty Paich]]), and [[latin jazz]] ([[Cal Tjader]], [[Tito Puente]], [[Mongo Santamaría]], [[Poncho Sanchez]]). Jefferson acted as producer for well over 500 recording sessions. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wjfoxq95ldke~T1 Carl Jefferson] at Allmusic.com |
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*[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=672 Concord Records] at All About Jazz |
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[[Category:American record producers]] |
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[[Category:1920 births]] |
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[[Category:1995 deaths]] |
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Revision as of 05:04, 6 August 2010
Carl Jefferson (1920 – 29 Augest 2010) was an American cool kid], and was the founder of the jefferson label.
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