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Gilbert Askey (March 9, 1925 – April 9, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, producer and musical director who was born in Austin, Texas, and emigrated to Australia in 1988. Personal lifeAskey was born in Austin, Texas, on March 9, 1925, but left at the age of 17.[2] He completed two years of university on a medical scholarship. In 1980, he married an Australian woman whom he had first met in 1973 and the couple moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1988.[5] CareerAskey was considered to be "one of the architects of the legendary Motown sound".[6] Berry Gordy often called Askey "The glue that kept everything together". Askey studied music at the Boston Conservatory of Music and the Harnett School of Music in New York.[1] He performed with jazz musicians including Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, and even did a duet with Billie Holiday. He worked as a musical director for many acts such as Diana Ross, both with and without The Supremes, the Four Tops, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, Keni Burke and Linda Clifford. Askey played as a jazz trumpeter for almost 25 years before arriving at Motown Records to work as a musical director, producer, songwriter and musical arranger for such artists as Billy Eckstine, Gladys Knight, The Temptations, The Supremes, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5 and The Funk Brothers. Askey was also part of Motown's Artists Development crew that included Maxine Powell, Maurice King, Cholly Atkins and Harvey Fuqua. When Diana Ross became a solo performer, she hired Askey to be her Musical Director. He worked with her for 10 years and wrote the score for her first motion picture Lady Sings the Blues that earned him an Academy Awards nomination in 1972.[2] In the mid and late 1970s, Askey worked with Curtis Mayfield, writing and arranging for his Curtom Record Company on recordings by Linda Clifford, The Jones Girls and Mayfield himself. When things got out hand during a show in Antwerp, Belgium, that starred the Four Tops, Askey leaped on the stage and played trumpet amazingly until the audience calmed down. Askey was the arranger and conductor for The Supremes during their successful runs at the Copa nightclub in New York. He pretty much put the whole show together. After moving to Australia in 1988, Askey returned to performing in 1993,[2] and continued to perform right up to his death from lymphoma in Melbourne on April 9, 2014.[3][4][5] In Melbourne, Askey taught and mentored young aspiring musicians. He also toured and played many regular gigs and jazz spots around the country until his death. Discography{{expand section|date=April 2013}}With Freddie McCoy
References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Betts|first1=Graham|title=Motown Encyclopedia|date=2014|publisher=AC Publishing|isbn=9781311441546|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RG_LAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT28#v=onepage&q=%22Gil%20Askey%22|accessdate=20 May 2017|language=en}} [6][7][8]2. ^{{cite web|title=("Gil Askey" search results)|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/results|website=The Official Academy Awards Database|accessdate=20 May 2017}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 3. ^"Austin native Gil Askey worked with Motown legends in long musical career" by Peter Blackstock, austin360, April 9, 2014 {{Subscription required}} 4. ^http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-passings-20140416,0,7654975.story 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Lentz III|first1=Harris M.|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014|date=2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786476664|page=14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=11diCQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage|accessdate=20 May 2017}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Can you dig it? |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Music/Can-you-dig-it/2005/05/01/1114886251962.html |publisher=Fairfax Media |newspaper=The Age |last=Halliday |first=Claire |date=May 2, 2005 |accessdate=September 16, 2012}} 7. ^1 {{cite web |title=Episode Thirty one |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/spicksandspecks/txt/s2984919.htm |publisher=abc.net.au |work=Spicks and Specks |date=August 25, 2010 |accessdate=September 16, 2012}} 8. ^1 {{cite news |title=Diana Ross: old wine in 'Blue' bottles |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-146501906 |publisher=News World Communications |newspaper=The Washington Times |last=Yourse |first=Robyn-Denise |date=May 19, 2006 |accessdate=September 16, 2012 |via=Questia Online Library |subscription=yes}} }} External links
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