“It’s like the director of a film. It doesn’t matter what you’ve got going on in front of the camera, if they don’t capture it in a masterful way, you don’t see it on the screen.” That’s Quincy Jones, ...

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The legendary music producer Arif Mardin, has died. In a long and varied career, Mardin worked with performers ranging from Aretha Franklin to the Bee Gees, and from Chaka Khan to Norah Jones. In a ...

What do Aretha Franklin, the Bee Gees, Norah Jones, the Rascals, Willie Nelson, Phil Collins, Dr. John, Barbra Streisand, Chaka Khan, the Average White Band, and Hall & Oates have in common? Not much, ...

With a best long form video Grammy nom for the documentary "Greatest Ears in Town," Joe Mardin reflects on his father's life and work. By Shirley Halperin Indeed, when it came to singers, Arif Mardin, ...

Arif Mardin, a Grammy-winning arranger and record producer whose four decades of hits include Aretha Franklin’s classic 1960s recordings, the Bee Gees’ falsetto-driven comeback in the 1970s and Norah ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. NEW YORK (AP) – Arif Mardin, the legendary Grammy Award-winning producer who ...

This is Celia Hirschman with On the Beat for KCRW. It's important to remember where you came from, and who brought you there. My road into adulthood was carried by many of the songs that Arif Mardin ...

Arif Mardin, the legendary producer/arranger whose career spanned landmark recordings from Aretha Franklin to the Bee Gees to Norah Jones, died Sunday in New York. Mardin was 74 and had been suffering ...

Arif Mardin: No. We were so proud of the album, and we went with the flow. We were hoping for some modest sales, and then look out for the next album, build the artist, but—this heartfelt music ...

June 26, 2006 • The legendary music producer Arif Mardin, has died. In a long and varied career, Mardin worked with performers from Aretha Franklin to the Bee Gees, and from Chaka Khan to Norah Jones.