Lee Townsend | |
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Background information | |
Born | Long Beach, California, U.S. | February 6, 1958
Occupation(s) | Record Producer, Artist Manager, Curator, Psychotherapist |
Years active | 1983–present |
Website |
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Lee Townsend is an American independent music producer, curator, artist manager and co-owner of Songtone (Songline/Tone Field Productions), specializing in recordings of singer-songwriters, contemporary composers, improvising musicians, and cross-cultural musical collaborations. He is also a psychotherapist in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. [1]
Since 1983, Townsend has produced albums by Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Loudon Wainwright III, Kelly Joe Phelps, Rinde Eckert, Vinicius Cantuaria, Shweta Jhaveri, Dino Saluzzi, Gabriela Anders, 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, Blue Rubies, and Stephen Yerkey.
Townsend is a member of the cooperative group, Floratone, with Bill Frisell, Matt Chamberlain, and Tucker Martine. He has 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, 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.
Townsend graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz, majoring in psychology and earned his graduate degree in psychology from The Wright Institute, Berkeley. [2] [3]
Bill Frisell/ Elvis Costello
Petra Haden and Bill Frisell
John Scofield/ Pat Metheny
Rinde Eckert
Shweta Jhaveri
Ani Choying Drolma/ Steve Tibbetts
Dino Saluzzi/ Anthony Cox/ David Friedman
Hank Jones/Dave Holland/ Billy Higgins
T. J. Kirk
Quentin Dujardin
David Soler Denga
Kalaban Coura
Paul Sprawl
Pothole
Laughing Stock
Fred Hersch/Bill Frisell
Lee Townsend | |
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Background information | |
Born | Long Beach, California, U.S. | February 6, 1958
Occupation(s) | Record Producer, Artist Manager, Curator, Psychotherapist |
Years active | 1983–present |
Website |
www |
Lee Townsend is an American independent music producer, curator, artist manager and co-owner of Songtone (Songline/Tone Field Productions), specializing in recordings of singer-songwriters, contemporary composers, improvising musicians, and cross-cultural musical collaborations. He is also a psychotherapist in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. [1]
Since 1983, Townsend has produced albums by Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Loudon Wainwright III, Kelly Joe Phelps, Rinde Eckert, Vinicius Cantuaria, Shweta Jhaveri, Dino Saluzzi, Gabriela Anders, 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, Blue Rubies, and Stephen Yerkey.
Townsend is a member of the cooperative group, Floratone, with Bill Frisell, Matt Chamberlain, and Tucker Martine. He has 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, 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.
Townsend graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz, majoring in psychology and earned his graduate degree in psychology from The Wright Institute, Berkeley. [2] [3]
Bill Frisell/ Elvis Costello
Petra Haden and Bill Frisell
John Scofield/ Pat Metheny
Rinde Eckert
Shweta Jhaveri
Ani Choying Drolma/ Steve Tibbetts
Dino Saluzzi/ Anthony Cox/ David Friedman
Hank Jones/Dave Holland/ Billy Higgins
T. J. Kirk
Quentin Dujardin
David Soler Denga
Kalaban Coura
Paul Sprawl
Pothole
Laughing Stock
Fred Hersch/Bill Frisell