Hal Willner

Hal Willner (born 1956, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American music producer working in recording, films, TV and live events. 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). His first tribute album was Amarcord Nino Rota in 1981.[1][2]

In the late 1970s he worked under record producer Joel Dorn, credited as Associate Producer on Leon Redbone's albums Double Time and Champagne Charlie,[3] and The Neville Brothers' Fiyo on the Bayou. Willner has been the sketch music producer of Saturday Night Live since 1981. He was also a producer of the TV program Sunday Night hosted by David Sanborn.

Willner has produced albums for Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed, Bill Frisell, William S. Burroughs, Gavin Friday, Lucinda Williams, Laurie Anderson and Allen Ginsberg, among others. He produced a live tribute concert to Tim Buckley, that ultimately launched the career of Tim's son Jeff. 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.

Following earlier stagings (see list below), in January 2010 Willner produced his pirate-themed concert event Rogue's Gallery for the Sydney Festival. The multinational cast included Marianne Faithfull, Todd Rundgren, Tim Robbins, Gavin Friday, Peter Garrett, Baby Gramps, David Thomas, Sarah Blasko, Katy Steele, Peaches, Glenn Richards, Liam Finn, Camille O'Sullivan, Kami Thompson and Marry Waterson.[4]

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.

Film related projects

A more complete list of Willner's contributions to films and television can be found at www.imdb.com (see external links).

Sources

References

  1. Archived January 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "Nino Rota: Godfather of Italian music". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  3. Hal Willner. "Hal Willner - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  4. Sydney Festival 2010 - Rogue's Gallery
  5. Archived December 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. "Hal Willner". Evolution Music Partners. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  7. 1 2 "WILLNER PROJECTS - THE OFFICE performing arts + film". Theofficearts.com. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  8. ""Came so far for Beauty" – An Evening of Songs by Leonard Cohen Under the Stars, in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, June 28, 2003. Report by Dick Straub". Leonardcohenfiles.com. 2003-06-28. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  9. "Came So Far For Beauty". The Age (Melbourne). 2005-01-31.
  10. ""Came so far for Beauty" in Dublin". Leonardcohenfiles.com. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  11. "vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Videos, Photos, News". Vancouver2010.com. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  12. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/Audio-Plays-of-the-Legendary-Firesign-4794
  13. Pompeo, Joe (2008-03-14). "Stay Awake Stays Alive in Brooklyn". The New York Observer.
  14. Lewis, Randy (2008-10-22). "UCLA cancels Hal Willner Stay Awake concert". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 11 2008. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  15. Archived August 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  16. "Hal Willner presents: An Evening with Gavin Friday and Friends – Gavin Friday – Official Site". Gavinfriday.com. 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  17. "6/16/2011 - Hal Willner's Freedom Riders Project :: Calendar :: BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn". Bricartsmedia.org. 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  18. Pareles, Jon (2011-08-07). "‘Shelebration!,' Silverstein Tribute at SummerStage - Review". The New York Times.

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