• Lester Koenig (December 3, 1917 – November 21, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film producer, and founder of the jazz record label Contemporary Records...
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    Ezra Michael Koenig (/ˌkeɪnɪɡ/ KAY-nig; born April 8, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and radio personality. He is the lead vocalist...
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  • Julian Koenig's older brother was Lester Koenig, a screenwriter, film producer, and the founder of the jazz record label, Contemporary Records. Koenig originated...
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    Sarah Koenig (/ˈkeɪnɪɡ/; born July 9, 1969, in New York City) is an American journalist, public radio personality, former producer of the television and...
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  • introduced to music producer Lester Koenig of Contemporary Records by a bebop bassist friend of Cherry's, Red Mitchell, who thought Koenig might be interested...
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  • three members of the band. According to the liner notes by producer Lester Koenig, recording began at 3:00 a.m. to fit the musicians' busy schedules,...
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    Contemporary Records was a jazz record company and label founded by Lester Koenig in Los Angeles in 1951. Contemporary produced music from a variety of...
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  • Facility and several production awards. Previously, Grundman worked for Lester Koenig at Contemporary Records and then was head of the A&M Records mastering...
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  • an American jazz record company and label. It was founded in 1949 by Lester Koenig to record the Firehouse Five Plus Two and earned a reputation for Dixieland...
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  • – bass (tracks 7–9) Roy DuNann – engineer Nat Hentoff – liner notes Lester Koenig – producer Andrews, Mike (October 23, 1996). "Historical Perspective"...
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    formative in creating the Good Time Jazz label under fellow aficionado Lester Koenig, who managed all the band's releases from 1940's The Firehouse Five...
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    Jazz Man label in 1952 to Lester Koenig and then went to work for Koenig at Good Time Jazz Records. While there, on Koenig's recommendation, he was engaged...
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  • returned to Europe with a team consisting of Sturges and screenwriter Lester Koenig. He arrived in Rome shortly after its liberation in June 1944, followed...
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  • Sidney Kingsley, playwright Alexander Knox, actor Mickey Knox, actor Lester Koenig, film/record producer Charles Korvin, actor Hy Kraft, screenwriter Constance...
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  • Augustus Goetz Based on Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser Produced by Lester Koenig William Wyler Starring Laurence Olivier Jennifer Jones Miriam Hopkins...
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  • performing as a trio.) Previn and Manne were exchanging ideas with producer Lester Koenig, who suggested they do some tunes from the current Broadway musical...
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  • Nat Hentoff that the album came about when John Koenig, son of Contemporary Records owner Lester Koenig, saw Shaw playing with Joe Henderson at the Lighthouse...
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  • Studio Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California Genre Jazz Length 40:35 Label Contemporary Producer Lester Koenig Barney Kessel chronology...
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  • Theatrical poster Directed by William Wyler Written by Jerome Chodorov Lester Koenig William Wyler Starring The crew of the Memphis Belle Narrated by Eugene...
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  • of ABKCO Music & Records, Inc., former manager of the Rolling Stones Lester Koenig (1917–1977), founder of Contemporary Records Michael Lang (1944–), music...
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  • Red Mitchell - double-bass Roy DuNann & Howard Holzer - engineering Lester Koenig - producer Phil De Lancie - digital remastering (1994 re-release) André...
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    Francis Wolff, Milt Gabler, Herman Lubinsky, Teddy Reig, Orrin Keepnews, Lester Koenig, Max and Lorraine Gordon, Norman Granz and George Wein. This raised...
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  • 1957 (1957) Recorded January 19, 1957 Genre Jazz Length 43:38 Label Contemporary/Original Jazz Classics Producer Lester Koenig Art Pepper chronology...
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  • In 1914, he married Minna Harlib. Their children were Lester Koenig and Julian Koenig. Koenig died at home from a brief illness on December 1, 1939....
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  • Contemporary Studios in Los Angeles, California Genre Jazz Length 44:39 Label Contemporary C3539/S7539 Producer Lester Koenig Curtis Counce chronology...
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    Bariloche when it crashed into a mountain near Cerro Pichileufú. Died: Lester Koenig, 59, American screenwriter and film producer, died of a heart attack...
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  • Contemporary Studio, Los Angeles, California Genre Jazz, hard bop, post-bop Length 59:33 Label Contemporary Producer Lester Koenig Sonny Rollins chronology...
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  • Venue The Black Hawk in San Francisco, California Genre Jazz Length 41:53 Label Contemporary M3577/S7577 Producer Lester Koenig Shelly Manne chronology...
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  • 1958 Studio Contemporary's Studio, Los Angeles, CA Genre Jazz Length 41:31 Label Contemporary C 3549 Producer Lester Koenig Victor Feldman chronology...
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  • Frank Butler. The album was released in 1963. The sleeve notes (by Lester Koenig) quote Richard Hadlock, jazz editor of the San Francisco Examiner, who...
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