Craig Street, born in
Oakland, California, is a noted
record producer.
Street moved with his family to
Los Angeles at the age of 11, but returned to the
Bay Area
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for his high school years. He began playing guitar at age 14, and was in a number of
Berkeley bands. In 1981 he interviewed
Alan Douglas for an
NPR documentary about
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...
, which Street co-produced with then
KPFA
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-FM 3rd World Director Bari Scott, and
San Jose radio broadcaster Don West. He moved to New York in the 1980s, where he began producing records, starting with ''
Blue Light 'til Dawn'' by jazz vocalist
Cassandra Wilson. Wilson had just signed with the
Blue Note label. The album was Wilson's commercial breakthrough and Street went on to produce often successful records of mainly female singers.
Street has produced albums in a variety of genres, including pop, jazz, soul, and country. In a 1998 interview, he told the ''
Los Angeles Times'', "I know it sounds corny, but I never learned how to separate music, to make distinctions between genres."
"Off the Beaten Tracks,"
by Lloyd Sachs, ''Los Angeles Times'', May 17, 1998 His music production credits include Norah Jones, k.d. lang, Rebekka Bakken, Charlie Sexton, Meshell Ndegeocello, Joe Henry, John Legend, The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer is a Grammy award–winning vocal group founded in 1969 that has explored a cappella, vocalese, swing, standards, Brazilian jazz, rhythm and blues, and pop music.
There have been two editions of the Manhattan Transfer, ...
, Bettye LaVette
Bettye LaVette (born Betty Jo Haskins, January 29, 1946) is an American soul singer-songwriter who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, when her album ''I've Got My Own Hell to Raise'' was released to ...
, Chris Whitley, Geri Allen, Holly Cole
Holly Cole (born November 25, 1963) is a Canadian jazz singer and actress. For many years she performed with her group The Holly Cole Trio.
Background
Cole was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her father, Leon Cole, was a noted radio broadcaster ...
, and others.
'' Come Away with Me'', which he co-produced for Norah Jones, won a Grammy
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for album of the year in 2002.
Discography
External links
Craig Street
on Allmusic.com
Interview with Craig Street
on Mixonline.com
References
Record producers from California
Living people
Businesspeople from Oakland, California
Grammy Award winners
Year of birth missing (living people)
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