BFrank Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Steve Backer, a Force for Jazz at Major Labels, Dies at 76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Now here's someone who lived up to his name! I remember reading his name in the production credits on a lot of good albums. Thanks for the good work, and rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) Certainly big thanks to him for backing artists like Mulgrew Miller and Hilton Ruiz on RCA Novus plus those various releases/reissues for Arista/Savoy. RIP. Edited May 5, 2014 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Wow - sad news. Didn't see this last month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigP Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Wow! A shock, thank you for all the great albums you helped see the light of day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nelson Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 While I was Music Director at my college radio station (WRIU-FM) in the 70's, we received a flood of promo LPs from ABC/Impulse and Arista produced by Steve Backer*. Most of these albums were cutting-edge, free jazz that were all the more amazing coming from a major label. "Whoever this Backer guy is, he's got insight and chutzpah." I'd say 95% of them got added to our station's jazz library. By shipping to so many college stations, Steve Backer helped open-up the minds of an emerging generation. * with creds to Ed Michel for his fine jazz productions at ABC/Impulse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Yep. No idea how that business really worked, but...don't need to. It worked as intended until it didn't, and when it didn't, that was most unfortunate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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