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  Events of the AES: AES 115th Convention: ARIF MARDIN BIOGRAPHY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Born in 1932 in Istanbul, Turkey, Arif Mardin graduated from Istanbul University in Economics and studied at the London School of Economics.
Arif was eventually made a trustee of the school and awarded an honorary doctorate.
Mardin began his career at Atlantic Records in 1963 as an assistant to the legendary jazz enthusiast and founder, Nesuhi Ertegun.
www.aes.org /events/115/specialevents/arif_mardin_bio.cfm   (1011 words)

  
  Arif Mardin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arif Mardin, born 1932 in Istanbul, Turkey, is a renowned Turkish-American music producer, who has worked with a wide range of artists, across many different styles and genres of music.
Arif Mardin was born into a renowned family that brought up statesmen, diplomats and leaders in the civic, military and business sectors of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic.
Mardin began his career at Atlantic Records in 1963 as an assistant to Nesuhi Ertegun, the co-founder of the company and a legendary jazz enthusiast, whom he met at the Newport Jazz Festival.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arif_Mardin   (533 words)

  
 LM_Jive Talkin' with Arif MARDIN by Mehmet DEDE
Arif Mardin was born into a renowned family that produced statesmen, diplomats and leaders in the civic military and business sectors of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic.
Mardin was aware from the very beginning that they needed to use this new instrument they called the synthesizer.
Arif Bey is working on his memoirs these days, with the hope to have it out by the end of 2002.
www.lightmillennium.org /summer_fall_01/mdede_arifmardin.html   (2771 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Arif Mardin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Arif Mardin (far right) and his classmates look over a score as they prepare for a Voice of America broadcast in the early 1960s.
Mardin is extremely modest about the role he has played in fostering the talent of artists like Franklin, Khan and Midler.
Mardin is also active in producing music for movies and television.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Arif-Mardin   (1906 words)

  
 Arif Mardin | View the Music Artists Biography Online | VH1.com
Mardin's earliest production duties focused on projects with jazz artists including Sonny Stitt, Freddie Hubbard, Mose Allison, and Eddie Harris, but his stock truly began to rise in the wake of Franklin's 1967 arrival on the label roster.
In 1969, Mardin worked on the Dusty Springfield masterpiece Dusty in Memphis, and accepted a post as an Atlantic vice president; a year later, he moved on to produce Laura Nyro's Christmas and the Beads of Sweat, and also released his first solo LP, Glass Onion.
In 1974, Mardin traveled to Miami to produce the Bee Gees, who were at the time struggling to recapture their late-'60s pop success.
www.vh1.com /artists/az/mardin_arif/bio.jhtml   (579 words)

  
 MusicWorld Feature: For Arif Mardin, The Song Remains the Same
Born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, Mardin, a lover of American jazz, first came to the United States in 1958 after meeting jazz giants Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones.
The multi-talented Mardin found time two years ago to write a one act opera that premiered in New York.
Not one to rest on his laurels, Mardin is currently working on a project with vocalist Linda Elder, the star of Broadway's Jekyll and Hyde.
www.bmi.com /musicworld/features/200005/amardin.asp   (665 words)

  
 Arif Mardin - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Arif Mardin is a Turkish-born music producer who has worked with a wide range of artists, across many different styles and genres of music.
An interview with Arif Mardin, containing biographical information.
Arif Mardin, External link, Record producers and Turkish musicians.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Arif_Mardin   (98 words)

  
 Sons of Ataturk Welcome Page
Mardin began his career at Atlantic Records in 1963 as an assistant to the legendary jazz enthusiast and founder, Nesuhi Ertegun.  He rose through the ranks quickly, becoming studio manager, label house producer and arranger.
In December 1997, Arif was one of the recipients of the NARAS Heroes Award presented by Atlantic RecordsAhmet Ertegun.
Mardin was named “Man of the Year” by the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Foundation, a charitable organization that provides music therapy to autistic and other severely disabled children.
www.sonsofataturk.org /bios/mardin.html   (935 words)

  
 SingerUniverse Magazine - Arif Mardin article
Mardin is renowned for producing many classic hit singles and albums, for artists in all genres.
Mardin’s production credits are so vast, that it’s difficult to list his career highlights in a single article.
Mardin: I just produced a song with Aretha Franklin, “A House Is Not A Home” (the Burt Bacharach/Hal David classic), for the Luther Vandross tribute album on J Records.
www.singeruniverse.com /mardin.htm   (1084 words)

  
 Turks.US Daily News - Grammy Granddaddy / Arif Mardin Daily News Turkey
Arif Mardin's remarkable journey starts not at Atlantic but across the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean: He was born in Turkey in 1932, into a renowned family that produced statesmen, diplomats and business leaders.
Mardin, for instance, looks for ways to underscore the music rather than overshadow it; sometimes it's as simple a matter as shifting a song to a more comfortable key or adding subtle countermelodies.
Arif came up with lots of subtle touches, like the violin on 'I've Got to See You Again' and 'One Flight Down,' the sustain organ on 'Turn Me On,' doubling Norah's voice, which she hadn't thought of.
www.turks.us /article.php?story=20030224083758790   (2627 words)

  
 2 New Interviews With Producer Arif Mardin?
Arif Mardin is a mover and shaker in the music business, but at age 10, he was the one being shook.
Currently Mardin is working on Jones’ follow-up disc as well as his memoirs, beginning with his birth in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1932; through his years at Berklee College of Music in Boston on the Quincy Jones Scholarship; and detailing his storied career at Atlantic, from 1963 to 2001.
Arif Mardin: No. We were so proud of the album, and we went with the flow.
www.prince.org /msg/8/82972   (4821 words)

  
 CMT.com : Arif Mardin : Biography
Mardin's earliest production duties focused on projects with jazz artists including Sonny Stitt, Freddie Hubbard, Mose Allison, and Eddie Harris, but his stock truly began to rise in the wake of Franklin's 1967 arrival on the label roster.
In 1969, Mardin worked on the Dusty Springfield masterpiece Dusty in Memphis, and accepted a post as an Atlantic vice president; a year later, he moved on to produce Laura Nyro's Christmas and the Beads of Sweat, and also released his first solo LP, Glass Onion.
In 1974, Mardin traveled to Miami to produce the Bee Gees, who were at the time struggling to recapture their late-'60s pop success.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/mardin_arif/bio.jhtml   (571 words)

  
 Arif Mardin, 1932-2006 : Rolling Stone
Arif Mardin, the longtime Atlantic Records producer whose remarkable resume includes major hits with Aretha Franklin, the Bee Gees, Norah Jones and many others, died on June 25th of pancreatic cancer.
Mardin's commercial instincts served him well on pop productions with Carly Simon and Chaka Khan, whose 1984 smash "I Feel for You" was one of the producer's biggest hits.
Mardin became a vice president at Atlantic in 1969 and remained senior vice president until his retirement from the label in 2001.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/10688073/arif_mardin_19322006?source=music_news_rssfeed   (571 words)

  
 Arif Mardin - Independent Online Edition > Obituaries
Mardin produced the jazzmen Eddie Harris, Herbie Mann and Jean-Luc Ponty, released two acclaimed solo albums and won 12 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Producer of the Year twice.
Mardin thrived under the tutelage of his fellow Turks and jazz buffs and was also encouraged by the producer Jerry Wexler and the engineer Tom Dowd.
Mardin remained one of the soul singer's favourite producers and arrangers and worked with her until the late Eighties.
news.independent.co.uk /people/obituaries/article1099064.ece   (1118 words)

  
 Interview With Producer Arif Mardin -- Part 1
Arif Mardin is recognized as the consummate record producer.
Mardin is senior vice president of Atlantic Records, although his deal with Atlantic allows him to produce with other labels as well.
Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Mardin started in the U.S as the first recipient of the Quincy Jones scholarship at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/6274/44275   (542 words)

  
 Arif Mardin: Producer
Arif Mardin has engineered and produced an incredible array of classic records from artists such as Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Diana Ross, the Bee Gees and Barbra Streisand — yet the runaway success of his recent work with Norah Jones threatens to overshadow even these achievements.
Mardin is keen to point out that as a young engineer, he wasn't afraid to take an editing blade to a two-inch master.
Even into his 50s, Arif Mardin was renowned for being a producer who moved with the times, and his studio treatment of Chaka Khan's 'I Feel For You' in 1984 inadvertently created one of the most memorable production hooks ever.
www.soundonsound.com /sos/jul04/articles/arifmardin.htm   (3790 words)

  
 ARIF MARDIN - MARDIN DELIGHTED WITH LATIFAH PROJECT
Legendary music producer ARIF MARDIN happily took control of QUEEN LATIFAH's new standards album after watching her perform SARAH VAUGHAN classic LUSH LIFE in a little known 1998 movie.
Mardin, 71, who has worked with leading ladies like ARETHA FRANKLIN, CHER, CHAKA KHAN and ROBERTA FLACK in the studio, was stunned when he heard Latifah bash out the jazz standard in LIVING OUT LOUD.
And while many industry experts were shocked to hear the fussy producer was arranging and overseeing the rapper-turned-actress' new album of classic covers, Mardin admits his choice was an easy one.
excite.contactmusic.com /new/xmlfeed.nsf/0/C4325E7771A556F380256E240033D72A!opendocument   (241 words)

  
 BERKLEE | BERKLEE NEWS | Arif Mardin-Grammy Award
Mardin is extremely modest about the role he has played in fostering the talent of artists like Franklin, Khan and Midler.
Arif Mardin (far right) and his classmates look over a score as they prepare for a Voice of America broadcast in the early 1960s.
In some instances, though, Mardin feels he was able to influence artists at pivotal points in their careers and help guide their development.
www.berklee.edu /news/2001/02/arif.html   (1135 words)

  
 Arif Mardin
Arif Mardin, (1932 - 2006) Türk müzik yapımcısı.
Mardin, Bee Gees, Bette Midler, Diane Ross, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Phil Collins, Jewel, Chaka Khan ve son olarak Norah Jones gibi çok sayıda ünlü sanatçıyla çalıştı, prodüksiyon ve müzik aranjmanlarını yaptı.
Arif Mardin türkiyede bulunan 500 yıl topluluğunun da bir üyesidir.Bu topluluk osmanlı zamanında ispanyadan kaçan yahudilerin sığındığı bu imparatorluğa duydukları minneti ifade etmeye çalıştıklarını iddea ederler.Bu topluluğun üye listesinde ismi bulunmaktadır.
www.birseyogren.com /hakkinda/arif-mardin   (229 words)

  
 Arif MARDIN: le producteur turc de New-York
Le célèbre producteur turc Arif Mardin, qui a travaillé avec, entre autres, Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Bette Midler et Phil Collins, est mort dimanche à New York à l'âge de 74 ans des suites d'un cancer du pancréas, a annoncé sa famille lundi à Istanbul.
Arif Mardin a commencé sa carrière en 1963 à Atlantic Records comme assistant de production aux côtés de son compatriote Nasuhi Ertegün, le co-fondateur de la compagnie, dont il gravit les échelons dans les années suivantes.
On retrouvera ensuite Arif Mardin aux côtés des chanteuses Dusty Springfield et Roberta Flack, du duo vocal Daryl Hall et John Oates, des groupes The Average White Band ou The Bee Gees, du chanteur Phil Collins (dans les années 1980).
www.bleublancturc.com /TurcsconnusFR/Arif_Mardin.htm   (601 words)

  
 Billboard: Arif Mardin has proven a master of pop art. (producer Arif Mardin)@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Billboard: Arif Mardin has proven a master of pop art.
Arif Mardin has proven a master of pop art.
Mardin was born to a prominent family in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1932.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:13523074&refid=ink_d8   (153 words)

  
 NPR : Arif Mardin: Tales from the Recording Studio
NPR : Arif Mardin: Tales from the Recording Studio
Record producer Arif Mardin, 73, has been the wizard behind the curtain for a wide range of pop, country, jazz, and R & B hits.
All Things Considered, December 19, 2005 ·; Legendary music producer Arif Mardin talks about his four-decade career.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5061890   (164 words)

  
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 The Mix Interview: Producer/Arranger Arif Mardin
Conversing with Arif Mardin, it's possible to be transported back to a different and maybe better time.
Born in Istanbul and educated there and in London, Mardin has been a New Yorker since 1962, when he went to work for Atlantic Records' legendary founders, Nesuhi and Ahmet Ertegun.
I would say, “Can we add some strings to this song?” And she would say, “Only one violin, Arif.” It was a give and take.
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 Interview With Producer Arif Mardin -- Part 2
MARDIN: It has to be a publisher or a lawyer or a manager.
MARDIN: If I hear just a piano and a vocal, that would be enough for me, because I don’t want to be influenced.
Some people would like the song to be presented on a platter.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/songwriting/44277/2   (436 words)

  
 Joy: A Holiday Collection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Choir arrangement: Katreese Barnes, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin
Arrangers: Robbie Kondor, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin, Lee Musiker, Steve Skinner
Orchestration: Robbie Kondor, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin, Steve Skinner
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joy_-_A_Holiday_Collection   (181 words)

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