Nesuhi Ertegun
Nesuhi Ertegun (* November 26, 1917 in Istanbul, Turkey, † July 15, 1989 in New York City ) was a jazz producer who was best known for his work with Atlantic Records.
Life
Ertegun grew up in Washington, D.C. on, as his father Münir Ertegun was a Turkish ambassador to the States. Between 1941 and 1944 he worked there as a promoter of jazz concerts. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he was starting his own label in the form of Crescent Records, which later Jazzman called themselves. On Jazzman he produced, among others, Kid Ory and Jelly Roll Morton. From 1951 to 1954 he headed at UCLA incidentally the first jazz course at all. Then Ertegun spent some time working for Good Time Jazz and Contemporary Records.
Years at Atlantic
Ertegun moved in 1955 to New York to take a job at Atlantic, the label of his younger brother Ahmet. At Atlantic Nesuhi Ertegun was mainly active in the jazz department of the label, which he himself had founded. Among the artists he produced, included John Coltrane ( Giant Steps ), Charles Mingus, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Ornette Coleman, Hank Crawford, Eddie Harris and many more; incidentally he also produced rhythm and blues albums by Ray Charles, Bobby Darin, the Drifters and Roberta Flack. Later he participated in passing on an international level, so that the label in other countries could make a profit. After the merger of Warner Brothers Records, Elektra and Atlantic in 1971, he initiated a long time WEA International.
On July 15, 1989 Nesuhi Ertegun died in New York and was recorded in 1991 in the category " Lifetime Achievement " posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In honor of Nesuhi Ertegun founded his brother Ahmet and his wife Mica Ertegun, the Jazz Hall of Fame.
Art Collection
Nesuhi Ertegun was an avid collector of surrealist art. His collection was together with that of his friend Daniel Filipacchi at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1999 under the title Surrealism: Two Private Eyes issued, the Nesuhi Ertegun and Daniel Filipacchi Collections. The The New York Times described the exhibition as a feast for gourmets ... to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to fill big enough from the ceiling to the lobby with a powerful exhibition.
New York Cosmos
Ertegun founded in 1971 together with his brother Ahmet the soccer club New York Cosmos. The club was known by the requirement of internationally renowned players and coaches like Franz Beckenbauer, Pele and Hennes Weisweiler. The club won 1972-1982 five times the U.S. championship of the NASL.