Norman Chesky
Norman Chesky | |
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| Occupation(s) | Executive music producer, president of Chesky Records and HDtracks |
Norman Chesky is a music entrepreneur and executive producer of two Grammy award winning albums.[1][2] He is the co-founder and co-owner of Manhattan Production Music and Chesky Records.[3][4] Chesky also co-founded HDtracks, a music download service.[5][6] He was a Trustee of the Recording Academy and is a co-founding member of the Production Music Association (PMA).[7][8]
Career
Chesky co-founded and co-owns Manhattan Production Music.[4][9] He served as a Trustee of the Recording Academy from 2002 to 2007.[8]
Chesky Records
In 1986, Norman Chesky and his brother, David Chesky, co-founded Chesky Records.[5][10][11] Norman Chesky serves as the president of the record label.[12] Chesky Records was the first company to use 128x Oversampling and the first independent American record label to record using Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) technology.[10] Norman Chesky was the executive producer of Portraits of Cuba and Tropicana Nights, two Grammy award winning albums under Chesky Records.[1][2][10][13][14] In 2016, Chesky co-produced the critically acclaimed Jazz debut of Macy Gray, Stripped.[15]
Production Music Association
Norman Chesky became a co-founding member of the Production Music Association in 1997.[7] The association was founded by a group of composers and publishers who opposed a proposition to cap performance royalties on music used in commercials, promos and announcements.[7]
HDtracks
Norman Chesky and David Chesky co-founded HDtracks, a high-resolution music download store in 2008.[6][16][17] According to Audioholics, HDtracks is the world's first high resolution digital music site to offer DRM-free music in multiple formats.[17] Norman Chesky serves HDtracks' president.[18]
Discography
- 2017 Orchestra of the 21st Century - David Chesky: Piano Concertos 2 & 3
- 2017 Camille Thurman - Inside the Moment
- 2017 Mark Whitfield - Live & Uncut
- 2017 Livingston Taylor - Safe Home
- 2017 Shelly Berg / David Finck - The Deep
- 2016 Various - Covers II
- 2016 David Chesky - The Venetian Concertos
- 2016 Noah Wall - Down Home Blues
- 2016 Melissa Menago - Little Crimes
- 2016 John McEuen - Made in Brooklyn
- 2016 Amber Rubarth - Scribbled Folk Symphonies
- 2016 Macy Gray - Stripped
- 2016 City of the Sun - To the Sun and All the Cities in Between
- 2016 Three's Company - We'll Be Together Again
- 2015 Chelsea Symphony / Yaniv Segal - David Chesky: Joy & Sorrow
- 2015 Mangue Sylla & the All-Star Drummers of Guinea - Dunnun Kan
- 2015 The New Appalachians - From the Mountaintop
- 2015 Powerhouse / Powerhouse / Wallace Roney - In an Ambient Way
- 2015 Kenny Barron / Mark Sherman - Interplay
- 2014 Alexis Cole - A Kiss In the Dark
- 2014 Jimmy Greene - Beautiful Life
- 2014 David Chesky - Jazz in the New Harmonic: Primal Scream
- 2014 Candido - The Master
- 2014 Bucky Pizzarelli - Three for All
- 2013 CC Coletti - Bring It on Home: Sings the American Roots of Zeppelin
- 2013 Jamey Haddad / Mark Sherman/ Lenny White - Explorations of Space and Time
- 2013 David Hazeltine - Impromptu
- 2013 David Chesky - Jazz in the New Harmonic
- 2013 David Chesky - The New York Rags
- 2012 Wycliffe Gordon - Dreams of New Orleans
- 2012 Amber Rubarth - Sessions from the 17th Ward
- 2011 David Chesky - Urbanicity; Concerto for Electric Guitar and Orchestra; The New York Variations
- 2010 Various - Best of New York Sessions, Vol. 2
- 2010 Louise Rogers - Black Coffee
- 2010 Beat Kaestli - Invitation
- 2010 Xiomara Laugart - La Voz
- 2009 Monty Alexander - Calypso Blues: The Songs of Nat King Cole
- 2009 Jimmy Cobb - Jazz in the Key of Blue
- 2009 Jen Chapin - Revisions: The Songs of Stevie Wonder
- 2009 John Hammond - Rough & Tough
- 2008 George Colligan / Lenny White / Buster Williams / Steve Wilson - Hancock Island: The Music of Herbie Hancock
- 2008 Larry Coryell - Impressions: The New York Sessions
- 2008 Seamus Blake / Ari Hoenig / Mike Moreno / Sam Yahel - Jazz Side of the Moon: Music of Pink Floyd
- 2008 Paquito D'Rivera - Spice It Up! The Best of Paquito d'Rivera
- 2008 Monty Alexander - The Good Life: Monte Alexander Plays the Songs of Tony Bennett
- 2008 Various - The Ultimate Demonstration Disc, Vol. 2
- 2007 Various - Best of New York Sessions, Vol. 1
- 2007 Jimmy Cobb - Cobb's Corner
- 2007 John Hicks - On the Wings of an Eagle
- 2007 Various - Romance in Rio [Chesky]
- 2007 Javon Jackson - Sugar Hill: Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
- 2007 David Hazeltine - The Jobim Songbook in New York
- 2007 Valerie Joyce - The Look of Love: Music of Burt Bacharach
- 2007 David Chesky - Urban Concertos
- 2006 Various - Chesky 20th Anniversary
- 2006 Various - Live from Studio A
- 2006 Hazeltine-Mraz Trio - Manhattan
- 2006 Billy Burnette - Memphis in Manhattan
- 2006 Nicholas Payton - Mysterious Shorter
- 2006 Christian McBride - New York Time
- 2006 Fred Hersch - Personal Favorites
- 2006 Carlos Franzetti - Songs for Lovers
- 2006 Badi Assad - The Badi Assad Collection: The Best of Badi
- 2006 Larry Coryell - Traffic
- 2006 Hank Jones - West of 5th
- 2006 Various - World's Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings
- 2006 Xiomara Laugart - Xiomara
- 2005 Babatunde Olatunji - Circle of Drums
- 2005 Area 31 - David Chesky: Area 31
- 2005 Victor Bailey / Larry Coryell / Lenny White - Electric
- 2005 Marta Gomez - Entre Cada Palabra
- 2005 Rachel Z - Grace
- 2005 Various - Jazz Latinas
- 2005 Valerie Joyce - New York Blue
- 2005 Various - Rockin' the Spirit: Piano Blues, Boogie & Spirituals
- 2005 Paquito D'Rivera - The Jazz Chamber Trio
- 2005 Carlos Franzetti - The Jazz Kamerata
- 2005 The Persuasions - The Persuasions Sing U2
- 2004 Carla Lother - 100 Lovers
- 2004 52nd Street Blues Project - Blues & Grass
- 2004 Marta Gomez - Cantos de Agua Dulce (Songs of the Sweet Water)
- 2004 David Chesky - Dr. Chesky's Magnificent, Fabulous, Absurd and Insane Musical 5.1 Surround Show
- 2004 Ana Caram - Hollywood Rio
- 2004 Hot Club Of 52nd Street - Hot Club of 52nd Street
- 2004 Candido & Graciela - Inolvidable [Hybrid]
- 2004 Various - Night Songs She Sings
- 2004 Christy Baron - Retrospective
- 2004 The Body Acoustic - The Body Acoustic
- 2004 Bruckner Orchester Linz - The Essence of Viennese Music
- 2003 The Persuasions - A Cappella Dreams
- 2003 Ars Antiqua Austria - Biber, Schmelzer: Seventeenth Century Music and Dance from the Viennese Court
- 2003 Ron Carter / Rosa Passos - Entre Amigos
- 2003 Various - Jazz Sexy
- 2003 Bernhard Klee - Orchestral Spectacular
- 2003 Rebecca Pidgeon - Retrospective
- 2003 John Abercrombie / Badi Assad/ Larry Coryell - Three Guitars
- 2002 Ron Carter / Jimmy Cobb / George Coleman / Mike Stern - Four Generations of Miles: A Live Tribute to Miles
- 2002 Dennis Russell Davies - Gustav Holst: The Planets
- 2002 David Johansen & the Harry Smiths - Shaker
- 2002 Christy Baron - Take This Journey
- 2002 Caspar Richter - The Musical Goes Symphonic
- 2002 The Persuasions - The Persuasions Sing the Beatles
- 2002 Bernhard Klee - Wagner & Verdi: Great Opera Choruses
- 2001 Ana Caram - Blue Bossa
- 2001 The Conga Kings - Jazz Descargas
- 2001 Lee Konitz - Parallels
- 2001 Various - Singer Songwriters
- 2001 Bucky Pizzarelli - Swing Live
- 2001 Raul Jaurena - Tango Bar [Chesky]
- 2001 Sara K. - What Matters
- 2000 Various - Chesky 2K: Sampler
- 2000 David Chesky - Chesky: Psalms 4, 5 & 6
- 2000 Candido - Conga Kings
- 2000 Larry Coryell - Coryells
- 2000 David Chesky - The Agnostic
- 2000 David Johansen & the Harry Smiths - David Johansen & the Harry Smiths
- 2000 Chuck Mangione - Everything for Love
- 2000 Clark Terry - One on One
- 2000 Christy Baron - Steppin'
- 1999 Carla Lother - Ephemera
- 1999 Various - Jazz for a Literary Mind
- 1999 Sara K. - No Cover
- 1999 Chuck Mangione - The Feeling's Back
- 1999 Allison Brewster Franzetti - The Unknown Piazzolla
- 1999 Paquito D'Rivera - Tropicana Nights
- 1998 Rebecca Pidgeon - Four Marys [Video]
- 1998 Ars Antiqua Austria / Gunar Letzbor / St. Florianer Sängerknaben - Mozart: Grabmusik KV. 42; Galimathais musicum KV. 32
- 1998 Ana Caram - Postcards from Rio
- 1998 Jon Faddis - Remembrances
- 1998 Dave's True Story - Sex Without Bodies
- 1998 Dave's True Story - Sex Without Bodies [Video]
- 1998 Rebecca Pidgeon - The Four Marys
- 1997 Various - Classical Cats: A Children's Introduction to the Orchestra
- 1997 David Chesky - David Chesky: Three Psalms for String Orchestra
- 1997 Badi Assad - Echoes of Brazil
- 1997 Sara K. - Hobo
- 1997 Christy Baron - I Thought About You
- 1997 Livingston Taylor - Ink
- 1997 Babatunde Olatunji - Love Drum Talk
- 1997 Various - Stereo Review: Gold Stereo & Surround Set Up
- 1997 Various - The Best of Brasil [Chesky]
- 1997 John Basile - The Desmond Project
- 1997 Charles Gerhardt - Wagner: Orchestral Music
- 1997 Various - Women of Song [Chesky]
- 1996 Phil Woods - Astor & Elis
- 1996 Ars Antiqua Austria - Bach: Four Orchestral Suites
- 1996 Martin Sieghart - Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 4
- 1996 Various - Guitar Collection
- 1996 Carlos Heredia - Gypsy Flamenco
- 1996 Joseph Flummerfelt / Westminster Choir - Lika As a Hart: Psalms & Spiritual Songs
- 1996 I Ching - Of the Marsh and the Moon
- 1996 John Pizzarelli - One Night with You
- 1996 Paquito D'Rivera - Portraits of Cuba
- 1996 Various - Tenth Anniversary Special Edition
- 1996 David Chesky - The Fantasies
- 1996 Rebecca Pidgeon - The New York Girls' Club
- 1995 Oregon - Beyond Words
- 1995 Ana Caram - Bossa Nova
- 1995 Benita Meshulam - Granados: Goyescas
- 1995 Various - Great American Composers [Chesky]
- 1995 Gary Schocker - Mozart: The Flute Quartets
- 1995 Ahn Trio - Paris Rio
- 1995 Badi Assad - Rhythms
- 1995 Various - Stereophile Test CD, Vol. 3
- 1995 Sara K. - Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin'
- 1995 Various - The Classical Collection
- 1995 Various - The Ultimate Demonstration Disc
- 1994 René Leibowitz - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6 "Pastoral" & 8
- 1994 Jascha Horenstein - Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer Overture; Tannhäuser Bacchanale
- 1994 LaVerne Butler - Day Dreamin'
- 1994 Johnny Frigo - Debut of a Legend
- 1994 Fred Hersch - Fred Hersch Trio Plays...
- 1994 John Barbirolli - Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
- 1994 Charles Gerhardt - Light Classics, Vol. 2
- 1994 Leny Andrade - Maiden Voyage
- 1994 Clark Terry - Portraits
- 1994 Earl Wild - Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2; The Isle Of The Dead
- 1994 Eddie Daniels - Real Time
- 1994 Badi Assad - Solo
- 1994 Various - The Best of Chesky Classics & Jazz and Audiophile Test Disk, Vol. 3
- 1994 Various - The French Collection
- 1994 Rebecca Pidgeon - The Raven
- 1993 Massimo Freccia / Rudolf Kempe - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Richard Strauss: Don Juan
- 1993 Cephas & Wiggins - Bluesmen
- 1993 Earl Wild - Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1; Fauré: Ballade; Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
- 1993 Livingston Taylor - Good Friends
- 1993 Malcolm Sargent - Handel: Messiah
- 1993 Ana Caram - Maracana
- 1993 Peggy Lee - Moments Like This
- 1993 Sara K. - Play on Words
- 1993 Orquesta Nova - Salon New York
- 1993 Jascha Horenstein - Strauss: Waltzes, Vol. 2: The Return of Horenstein
- 1993 Various - Symphonic Music of Cesar Franck
- 1993 Various - Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite; Symphony No. 5
- 1993 Various - The German Album
- 1993 Bruce Dunlap - The Rhythm of Wings
- 1993 Tom Harrell - Upswing
- 1992 Various - A Night of Chesky Jazz Live at Town Hall: JVC Jazz Festival
- 1992 Bruce Dunlap - About Home
- 1992 Ana Caram - Amazonia
- 1992 René Leibowitz - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
- 1992 René Leibowitz - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
- 1992 René Leibowitz - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
- 1992 Monty Alexander - Caribbean Circle
- 1992 Sara K. - Closer Than They Appear
- 1992 Fred Hersch - Dancing in the Dark
- 1992 National Philharmonic Orchestra - Hollywood Screen Classics
- 1992 Mongo Santamaria - Mambo Mongo [Chesky]
- 1992 LaVerne Butler - No Looking Back
- 1992 Earl Wild - Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 3; MacDowell: Concerto No. 2
- 1992 Lubambo/Rubello - Shades of Rio
- 1992 Jascha Horenstein - Strauss: Waltzes
- 1992 Various - The Best of Chesky Jazz, Vol. 2
- 1992 David Chesky - The Tangos and Dances
- 1992 Igor Kipnis - The Virtuoso Scarlatti
- 1992 Red Rodney - Then and Now
- 1992 Igor Kipnis - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Flute Concerto in D "Il Gardellino"; Harpsichord Concerto in A major
- 1991 Raymond Lewenthal - A Gershwin Concert
- 1991 René Leibowitz - A Portrait of France
- 1991 René Leibowitz - An Evening of Opera
- 1991 Kenny Rankin - Because of You
- 1991 Malcolm Frager / Erich Gruenberg - Beethoven: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra; Schumann: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra
- 1991 Earl Wild - Earl Wild plays Grieg, Säint-Saens & Liszt
- 1991 Fred Hersch - Forward Motion
- 1991 Gary Schocker - Gary Schocker Plays Bach, Handel, Telemann
- 1991 Paquito D'Rivera - Havana Cafe
- 1991 Clark Terry - Live at the Village Gate
- 1991 Orquesta Nova - Orquesta Nova
- 1991 Tom Harrell - Passages
- 1990 Gina Bachauer - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
- 1990 Herbie Mann - Caminho De Casa
- 1990 Various - Chesky Records Jazz Sampler & Audiophile Test Compact Disc, Vol. 1
- 1990 Clark Terry - Live at the Village Gate: Second Set
- 1990 John Pizzarelli - My Blue Heaven
- 1990 Natasha - Natasha
- 1990 Earl Wild - Rachmaninov: Concertos Nos. 1 & 4; Rhapsody, Op. 43
- 1990 Charles Gerhardt - Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite; Ravel: Bolero; Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
- 1990 David Chesky - The New York Chorinhos
- 1989 David Chesky - Club de Sol
- 1989 Jascha Horenstein - Dvorák: Symphony No. 9; Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Siegfried-Idyll
- 1989 Phil Woods - Here's to My Lady
- 1989 Johnny Frigo - Live from Studio A in New York City
- 1989 Luiz Bonfá - Non-Stop to Brazil
- 1989 Paquito D'Rivera - Tico! Tico!
- 1988 Charles Gerhardt - Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 41 & 35; Haydn: Symphony No. 104
- 1988 Earl Wild - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
- 1988 Itzhak Perlman / Alfred Wallenstein - Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Op. 35
- 1988 Jascha Horenstein - Wagner: Bacchanale; Brahms: Symphony No. 1
- 1987 Charles Munch - Bizet: Symphony in C
- 1987 Fritz Reiner - Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Beethoven: Egmont Overture
- 1987 Earl Wild - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Isle of the Dead
- 1987 John Barbirolli - Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
- 1987 Ransom Wilson - Stravinsky: Histoire du soldat
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