Nesuhi Ertegun

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"Nesuhi Ertegun spent most of his lifetime working at Atlantic Records and associated labels. He joined Atlantic in 1956, nine years after its founding by his brother Ahmet and Herb Abramson. Nesuhi initially developed Atlantic’s album department and built up the label’s extensive catalog of jazz long-players. The list of jazz artists he produced at Atlantic over the years reads like a who’s who: John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, the Modern Jazz Quartet and more. Nesuhi also became involved with the label’s rhythm & blues and rock and roll roster as well, producing several hit records for Ray Charles, the Drifters, Bobby Darin and Roberta Flack. The son of a Turkish diplomat, Nesuhi acquired his taste for black music while growing up in Washington D.C., where he and Ahmet would frequent the Howard Theater and scour the community for records by their favorite musicians. In 1944, he moved to Los Angeles to run the Jazzman Record Shop. While there he created his own label, Crescent Records (later Jazzman), on which he recorded the likes of Kid Ory and Jelly Roll Morton. Nesuhi also served as editor of Record Changer magazine and taught the first accredited course in jazz offered in the U.S., at UCLA. In addition to founding the jazz division at Atlantic, Nesuhi later went on to spearhead the label’s international operations, expanding the business and opening up new markets overseas. After the merger of the Warner Brothers, Elektra and Atlantic labels in 1971, he headed WEA International. He later oversaw the special projects division of Warner Communications and launched East/West, a Atlantic-distributed label, in 1988.”

Jazz Musician of the Day: Nesuhi Ertegun

Source: Michael Ricci
November 26, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Nesuhi Ertegun's birthday today!

“Nesuhi Ertegun spent most of his lifetime working at Atlantic Records and associated labels. He joined Atlantic in 1956, nine years after its founding by his brother Ahmet and Herb Abramson. Nesuhi initially developed Atlantic’s album department and built up the label’s extensive catalog of jazz long-players. The list of jazz artists he produced at Atlantic over the years reads like a who’s who: John Coltrane, Charles Mingus... Read more.

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Ertegun Hall of Fame Winners

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
February 24, 2010

Jazz At Lincoln Center has just announced the artists posthumously inducted into its Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame for 2010. They are Bill Evans, Bud Powell, Billy Strayhorn and Sarah Vaughan. Those honored are chosen by vote of a panel of experts from 17 countries.

Jazz at Lincoln Center will present concerts dedicated to the inductees. Here is the schedule:

Intuition: The Music of Bill Evans (May 14-15, 2010)

The Music of Billy Strayhorn (November 5-6, 2010)

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Contest

Announcing the Winner of the Rhino Handmade "Hommage a Nesuhi" Contest

Source: Michael Ricci
July 31, 2009

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Enter the Rhino Handmade Records "Hommage a Nesuhi" Giveaway Contest

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2009

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Rhino Handmade Records “Hommage a Nesuhi“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select ONE winner to receive this 5 disc, limited edition set at the conclusion of the contest on July 31st. Click here to enter the contest

(Following Nesuhi Ertegun at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Rhino Handmade Records

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Honors Jazz Legends with the 2005 Induction into the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame

Source: All About Jazz
September 2, 2005

WHAT: Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates the twelve newest inductees into the Neshui Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame with a special ceremony in honor of the jazz legends being recognized. A 58 person international voting panel, which included musicians, scholars and educators from 17 countries, was charged with selecting these definitive jazz artists. Criteria for nomination into the hall included excellence and the significance of the artists' contributions to the development and perpetuation of jazz. The Nesuhi Ertegun ...
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