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Hal Willner (born 1957, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American music producer working in recording, films, TV and live events. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing He is best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical styles (jazz, classical, rock, Tin Pan Alley). A tribute album is a recorded collection of Cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City -centered music publishers and Songwriters who dominated the popular

In the 1970s he worked under record producer Joel Dorn. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Joel Dorn ( April 7, 1942 &ndash December 17 2007) was an American Jazz and R&B Music producer and Willner is often credited as the inventor of the 'modern' tribute album with Amarcord Nino Rota in 1981. A tribute album is a recorded collection of Cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions See also Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 List of 'years in music' He became music supervisor of Saturday Night Live in 1981, a position which he has continued to hold. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City He was also a producer of the TV program Night Music hosted by David Sanborn. David Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto Saxophonist.

Willner has also produced albums for Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed, Bill Frisell, William S. Burroughs, Gavin Friday, Lucinda Williams, Laurie Anderson and Allen Ginsberg, among others. Marianne Faithfull (born December 29 1946) is an English Singer, Songwriter, actress and Diarist whose Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. William Richard "Bill" Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American Guitarist and Composer. William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word Gavin Friday (born Fionan Martin Hanvey 8 October 1959, Dublin) is an Irish Singer and Songwriter, Composer Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and Country music singer and songwriter Laurie Anderson (born Laura Phillips Anderson, on June 5 1947 in Glen Ellyn Illinois) is an American experimental Performance artist and Irwin Allen Ginsberg (ˈgɪnzbɝg (June 3 1926 &ndash April 5 1997 was an American Poet. He produced a live tribute concert to Tim Buckley, that ultimately launched the career of Tim's son Jeff. Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14 1947 – June 29 1975 was an experimental Vocalist and Musician who incorporated Jazz, Psychedelia Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17 1966 – May 29 1997 raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist He was the son He has released one album under his own name: Whoops, I'm an Indian, which featured audio samples from 78 rpm records from the early-mid 20th century. A sound bite is an audiolinguistic and social communications phenomenon whose nature was recognized in the late 20th century helped by people such as Marshall McLuhan. A gramophone

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Tribute albums

Live tribute events

Spoken word recordings

With the increasing prevalence of tribute albums in the late 1980s (such as Red Hot + Blue), Willner decided to turn his attention to spoken word recordings. Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14 1947 – June 29 1975 was an experimental Vocalist and Musician who incorporated Jazz, Psychedelia Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, Closed On Account of Rabies (1997 is a double- CD with poems and tales of Edgar Allan Poe performed by various artists and produced by Hal Willner Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Marquis de Sade ( June 2, 1740 – December 2, 1814) ( was a French aristocrat Harry Everett Smith ( 29 May 1923, Portland Oregon &ndash 27 November 1991, New York City Red Hot + Blue is the first in the series of Compilation albums from the Red Hot Organization. Spoken word is a form of literary Art or artistic performance in which Lyrics, Poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung

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