Lee Townsend

Infobox musical artist
Name = Lee Townsend


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Born = birth date and age|1958|2|6
Origin = Long Beach, California, United States
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Occupation = Record producer,
Artist manager
Years_active = 1983-present
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URL = [http://www.songtone.com/ www.songtone.com]
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Lee Townsend is an American independent music producer, curator, artist manager and co-owner of Songline/Tone Field Productions, specializing in recordings of singer-songwriters, bands, contemporary composers, improvising musicians and cross-cultural musical collaborations.cite news
last = Georgievsk
first = Nenad
title = Lee Townsend: Originality and Feelings
publisher = All About Jazz
date = 2007-10-26
url = http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=27075
accessdate = 2008-05-31]

Background and career

Since 1983, Townsend has produced recordings of artists including Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Loudon Wainwright III, Kelly Joe Phelps, Rinde Eckert, Vinicius Cantuaria, Shweta Jhaveri, Dino Saluzzi, Gabriela, Petra Haden, Viktor Krauss, Elvis Costello/Bill Frisell, Choying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts, Pat Metheny/John Scofield, Joey Baron, Charlie Hunter, T.J.Kirk, Dave Holland, Hank Jones, John Abercrombie, Jerry Granelli, Marc Johnson, Jonah Smith, Noe Venable, Crooked Still, Paul Dresher, Marty Ehrlich, Dusan Bogdanovic, Paul Sprawl, and Stephen Yerkey, among others.

Townsend is a member of the cooperative group, Floratone, along with Frisell, Matt Chamberlain and Tucker Martine. He has also collaborated on motion picture soundtracks and theater music. Additionally, he has been producer of the "Century of Song" program for the Ruhr Triennale Arts festival in Germany, Vice President of Artists and Repertoire for Verve/Polygram Records in New York, General Manager and Director of United States Operations at ECM Records in New York, Guest Curator and Producer of Music Programming at the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, California, and a staff producer at National Public Radio affiliate, KCRW-FM in Santa Monica, California.cite news
last = Patterson
first = Ian
title = All Hat
publisher = All About Jazz
date = 2008-06-02
url = http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29625
accessdate = 2008-06-18] [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=644 Lee Townsend - AAJ Interview]

Discography

Bill Frisell
*"All Hat" (Motion picture soundtrack, Universal, 2008)
*"History, Mystery" (Nonesuch, 2008) Double CD
*"Floratone" (Bluenote, 2007)cite news
last = Hunter
first = J
title = Floratone
publisher = State of Mind Music
date = 2007-08-01
url = http://www.stateofmindmusic.com/?entry=123
accessdate = 2008-06-24]
*"Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian" (Nonesuch, 2006)
*"Frisell/Carter/Motian e.p." (Nonesuch, 2006) Download-only
*"East/West" (Nonesuch, 2005) Double CD
*"Further East/Further West" (Nonesuch, 2005) Download-only
*"The Intercontinentals" (Nonesuch, 2003)
*"The Willies" (Nonesuch, 2002)
*"With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones" (Nonesuch, 2001)
*"Blues Dream" (Nonesuch, 2001)
*"Ghost Town" (Nonesuch, 2000)
*"Good Dog, Happy Man" (Nonesuch, 1999)
*"Gone, Just Like a Train" (Nonesuch, 1998)
*"Quartet" (Nonesuch, 1996)
*"The High Sign/One Week" {Keaton} (Nonesuch, 1995)
*"Go West: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton" (Nonesuch, 1995)
*"This Land" (Nonesuch, 1994)
*"Before We Were Born" (Nonesuch, 1989)
*"Lookout for Hope" (ECM, 1987)

Bill Frisell / Elvis Costello
*"The Sweetest Punch" (w/ Cassandra Wilson) (Decca / '99)
*"Deep Dead Blue" (Nonesuch / '95)

Petra Haden and Bill Frisell
*"Petra Haden and Bill Frisell" (True North, 2003 / Skip, 2004)

Kelly Joe Phelps
*"Tap the Red Cane Whirlwind" (True North, Rykodisc / 2005)
*"Slingshot Professionals" (Rykodisc / 2003)

Loudon Wainwright III
*"Here Come the Choppers" (Sovereign Artists / 2005)cite web
title = Loudon Waingwright III - Here Come the Choppers!
publisher = The Rosebud Agency
date = December 2004
url = http://www.rosebudus.com/wainwright/HereComeTheChopper.html
accessdate = 2008-06-23]

Jonah Smith
*"Jonah Smith" (Relix / 2006)

John Scofield
*"Bump" (Verve, 2000)
*"A Go Go" (w/ Medeski, Martin and Wood) (Verve / '98)
*"Groove Elation" (Blue Note / '95)
*"Hand Jive" (w/ Eddie Harris) (Blue Note / '94)

John Scofield / Pat Metheny
*"I Can See Your House from Here" (Blue Note / '94)

Rinde Eckert
*"Story In, Story Out" (Intuition - Songline / Tone Field series, '97)
*"Do the Day Over (City of Tribes, '95)
*"Finding My Way Home (DIW, '92)

Shweta Jhaveri
*"Anahita" (Intuition - Songline / Tone Field series, '99)

Choying Drolma/Steve Tibbetts
*"Selwa" (Six Degrees Records, 2004)

Dino Saluzzi / Anthony Cox / David Friedman
*"Rios" (Intuition, '95)

Gabriela
*"El Viaje" (Intuition, 2006)
*"Viento Rojo" (Intuition - Songline / Tone Field series, '99)
*"Detras del Sol" (Intuition - Songline / Tone Field series, '97)

Vinicius Cantuaria
*"Vinicius" (Transparent Music, 2001)

Viktor Krauss
*"II" (Back Porch/EMI, 2007)
*"Far From Enough" (Nonesuch / 2004)

Joey Baron
*"We'll Soon Find Out" (Intuition - Songline / Tone Field series, 2000)
*"Down Home" (Intuition - Songline / Tone Field series, '97)

Dave Holland
*"Triplicate" (ECM, '88)

Hank Jones / Dave Holland / Billy Higgins
*"The Oracle" (Polygram Jazz, '90)

Charlie Hunter
*"Friends Seen and Unseen" (Ropeadope, 2004)
*"Return of the Candyman" (Blue Note / '98)
*"Natty Dread" (Blue Note / '97)
*"Ready...Set...Shango" (Blue Note / '96)
*"Bing, Bing, Bing" (Blue Note / '95)

T.J. Kirk
*"If Four was One" (Warner Bros., '96)
*"T.J. Kirk" (Warner Bros., '95)

Marc Johnson
*"The Sound of Summer Running" (Verve, '98)
*"Right Brain Patrol" (JMT, '92)

Jerry Granelli
*"Sand Hills Reunion" (Songlines, 2004)
*"Broken Circle" (Intuition - Songline / Tone Field series, '96)
*"News from the Street" (Intuition, '95)
*"Another Place" (Intuition, '94)
*"A Song I Thought I Heard Buddy Sing" (ITM, '93)

John Abercrombie
*"Getting There" (ECM, '88)

Crooked Still
*"Shaken By A Low Sound" (Signature Sounds, 2006)

Noe Venable
*"No Curses Here" (Intuition - Songline / Tone Field series, '99)

Paul Sprawl
*"Blue Suitcase" (Intuition - Songline / Tone Field series, '99)

Dusan Bogdanovic
*"Yano Mori" (Intuition - Songline / Tone Field series, '99)
*"Early to Rise" (Palo Alto, '84)

Will Bernard
*"Medicine Hat" (Verve / Antilles, '98)

Pothole
*"Dirty Picnic" (Intuition - Songline / Tone Field series, '97)

Stephen Yerkey
*"Confidence, Man" (Heydey, '94)

Zubot and Dawson
*"Chicken Scratch" (True North/ 2002)

Laughing Stock
*"Underskin" (Poor Me Music / 2003)

Fred Hersch / Bill Frisell
*"Songs We Know"' (Nonesuch / '98)

Finding Forrester (film soundtrack featuring music by Bill Frisell)
*"Finding Forrester" (Sony, 2001)

All Hat (film soundtrack featuring music by Bill Frisell)
*"All Hat" (Universal / 2008)

Living Daylights
*"Electric Rosary" (Liquid City, 2000)

References

External links

* [http://songtone.com Songtone.com]
* [http://billfrisell.com Billfrisell.com]
* [http://floratone.com Floratone.com]