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}}Irving Townsend (1920–1981) was an American record producer and author. He is most famous for having produced the Miles Davis album Kind of Blue, which is the best-selling jazz album of all time according to the RIAA. He later served as president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States.[3][4]

Townsend, a former jazz bandleader, became an advertising copywriter for Columbia Records. He then convinced George Avakian to have him assist on recording sessions, and by the mid-1950s he was a full-time producer. He became Davis's producer after the departures of Avakian and Cal Lampley.[5]

Townsend wrote many liner notes for Columbia,[6][7] including notes for the album Black, Brown and Beige, by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Featuring Mahalia Jackson.[7] In 1975, Townsend wrote an article in The Atlantic Monthly called, "Ellington In Private" detailing his meeting with Duke at Newport Jazz Festival in 1956 which led to Ellington's subsequent signing with Columbia.[8]

In a passage from Music Is My Mistress, an autobiography by Duke Ellington Ellington writes:

"Irving Townsend is a very sensitive musician. He plays clarinet in a trip symphony, one of those groups that includes doctors, lawyers and accountants who worked their way through college as professional musicians and who like to get together once or twice a week to try out their chops. He is now executive producer for Columbia Records on the West Coast.

"As an A. and R. man he is wonderful. He has full knowledge of the mechanics of the business, and he also has such understanding that he seems to know what the artist is trying to get without going into long-winded rigamarole of rules and regulations, and without being swayed by what some other artist did last week. I love him and his whole beautiful family. We are indebted to him for having produced many of our favorite and most satisfactory records."[9]

Select Discography as Producer

  • Billie Holiday[10]
  • Miles Davis[11]
  • Mahalia Jackson[12]
  • Leonard Bernstein[13]
  • Duke Ellington
  • André Previn
  • Johnny Mathis[14]
  • Percy Faith
  • Wayne Shorter
  • Chico Hamilton[15]
  • Jimmy Rushing
  • Dave Brubeck
  • Doris Day
  • Ada Moore
  • Flatt & Scruggs
  • Frankie Laine

Author

  • John Hammond On Record: An Autobiography (co-author)[16]
  • The Less Expensive Spread: Delights & Dilemmas of a Weekend Cowboy[17]
  • The Tavern[18]
  • Separate Lifetimes[18]
  • Articles in various publications including The Atlantic Monthly[19]

References

1. ^{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NxlbAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA122|title=Princeton Alumni Weekly|publisher=Princeton University Press|volume=71|date=September 29, 1970|page=122}}
2. ^{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IhNbAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA56|title=Princeton Alumni Weekly|publisher=Princeton University Press|volume=82|date=September 21, 1981|page=56}}
3. ^{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zAoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3|title=Townsend is Re-Elected by Coast NARAS|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|date=June 15, 1968|page=3}}
4. ^{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HygEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA6&ots=iqXv1j8Ixp&dq=billboard%20irving%20townsend%20naras&pg=PA6|title= 4 Elected to NARAS Board|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|date=July 22, 1967|volume=79|number=29|page=6|ISSN=0006-2510}}
5. ^Kahn, Ashley (2001). [https://books.google.com/books?id=6QArFwi9buUC&pg=PA91 Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece], p. 91. Da Capo Press.
6. ^[https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/irving_townsend/credits/ Irving Townsend] Retrieved July 28, 2018.
7. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2013/11/liner-notes-irving-townsend-black-brown-beige-duke-ellington-orchestra-featuring-mahalia-jackson/|title=Liner Notes: Irving Townsend on "Black, Brown and Beige," by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Featuring Mahalia Jackson|publisher=Jerry Jazz Musician|date=November 27, 2013|accessdate=July 28, 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/jazz/townsend.htm|author=Irving Townsend|title=Ellington in Private|work=The Atlantic|date=May 1975|accessdate=July 28, 2018}}
9. ^Ellington, Duke (1973; 1976 report). [https://books.google.com/books?id=RFNcxttbE2wC&pg=PA247 Music Is My Mistress], pp. 247-48. Da Capo Press.
10. ^[https://www.discogs.com/Billie-Holiday-Lady-In-Satin/release/2258956 Billie Holiday – Lady In Satin] Discogs. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
11. ^{{AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/irving-townsend-mn0000101992/credits|author=Irving Townsend|id=mn0000101992|accessdate=July 28, 2018}}
12. ^[https://www.discogs.com/Mahalia-Jackson-Mahalia-Jacksons-Greatest-Hits/release/3292132 Mahalia Jackson – Mahalia Jackson's Greatest Hits] Discogs. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
13. ^{{AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-total-embrace-the-composer-mw0000138311|author=Leonard Bernstein|id=mw0000138311|accessdate=July 28, 2018}}
14. ^[https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Mathis-Live-It-Up/release/6849352 Johnny Mathis – Live It Up!] Discogs. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
15. ^[https://www.discogs.com/New-Dynamic-Chico-Hamilton-Quintet-The-Drumfusion/release/2060126 The New Dynamic Chico Hamilton Quintet – Drumfusion] Discogs. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
16. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/John_Hammond_on_record.html?id=syQwAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y|author=John H. Hammond|author2=Irving Townsend|title=John Hammond on record: an autobiography|publisher=Penguin Books|date=February 1, 1981|pages=432}}
17. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0BCNAAAACAAJ&dq=irving+townsend+less+expensive+spread|title=The Less Expensive Spread: Delights & Dilemmas of a Weekend Cowboy|publisher=J.N. Townsend Publishing|year=1990|pages=169}}
18. ^1 [https://www.biblio.com/irving-townsend/author/1196564 Irving Townsend books] Biblio.com. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
19. ^{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=89AmAQAAIAAJ&q=irving+townsend+atlantic+monthly|title=The Atlantic Monthly|publisher=Atlantic Monthly Company|year=1975|volume=235}}
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