Hans Wendl is a producer. He began his career in the music business with the

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ECM Records in his hometown of

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in the mid-1970s and was associated with the German label for twelve years before moving to the United States in 1986. He was also director of the

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label for

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for three years during the mid-1990s. Hans Wendl has produced the recordings of many notable

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and world music artists, including

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, Peter Apfelbaum,

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, and Tin Hat (formerly Tin Hat Trio). Of the over 30 recordings he has produced, five have been nominated for Grammy Awards, and in 2002, ''Ravi Shankar's Full Circle – Carnegie Hall 2000'' won the Grammy for

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. Hans Wendl is based in

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Discography

* Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom ''Otis Was a Polar Bear'' (Royal Potato Family, 2016) * John Schott Actual Trio ''Actual Trio'' (Tzadik, 2015) * Myra Melford ''Snowy Egret'' (Enja/Yellowbird 2015) * Ron Miles with Bill Frisell and Brian Blade '' Circuit Rider'' (Enja/Yellowbird 2014) * Ron Miles with Bill Frisell and Brian Blade ''

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'' (Enja/Yellowbird 2012) * Don Byron New Gospel Quintet ''Love, Peace, and Soul'' (Savoy Jazz, 2012) * Don Byron ''Do the Boomerang: The Music of Junior Walker'' (Blue Note, 2006) * Todd Sickafoose ''Blood Orange'' (Secret Hatch, 2006) * Peter Apfelbaum & the NY Hieroglyphics ''It Is Written'' (ACT, 2005) * Beth Custer ''My Grandmother'' Soundtrack (BC Records, 2005) * Don Byron ''Ivey-Divey'' (

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, September 2004) * Tin Hat Trio ''

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'' (Ropeadope, August 2004) * Faun Fables/Dawn McCarthy ''Early Song'' ( Drag City, July 2004) * Tin Hat Trio ''The Rodeo Eroded'' (Ropeadope, 2002) * Don Byron ''You Are #6'' (

, 2001) * Anoushka Shankar ''Live at Carnegie Hall'' (EMI/Angel, 2001) *

'' Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000'' (EMI/Angel, 2001) ψψ * Don Byron ''A Fine Line: Arias and Lieder'' (

, 2000) * Tin Hat Trio ''Helium'' (EMI/Angel, 2000) * Don Byron ''Romance with the Unseen'' (

, 1999) * Vinicius Cantuária ''Tucuma'' (

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, 1999) * Tin Hat Trio ''Memory Is an Elephant'' (EMI/Angel, 1999) * Ron Miles ''Woman’s Day'' (

, 1997) * Peter Apfelbaum ''Luminous Charms'' (

, 1996) * Ron Miles ''My Cruel Heart'' (Gramavision Records, 1996) * Bill Frisell/Kermit Driscoll/Joey Baron '' Live'' (Gramavision, 1995) * Don Byron ''Music for Six Musicians'' (

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, 1995) * Charlie Haden Quartet West '' Always Say Goodbye'' (

, 1994) * Don Byron ''

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'' (

, 1993) * Kamikaze Ground Crew ''Madam Marie’s Temple of Knowledge'' (New World, 1993) * Charlie Haden Quartet West '' Haunted Heart'' (Verve, 1992) * Peter Apfelbaum & The Hieroglyphics Ensemble ''Jodoji Brightness'' (Antilles, 1992) * New York Composers Orchestra ''First Program in Standard Time'' (New World, 1992) * Music of Norway (Various Artists) ''Nordisk Sang'' ( New Albion Records, 1991) * Charlie Haden & The Liberation Music Orchestra ''

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'' (Verve, 1991) * Peter Apfelbaum & The Hieroglyphics Ensemble ''Signs of Life'' (Antilles, 1991) * Charlie Haden Quartet West '' In Angel City'' (Verve, 1988) * Charlie Haden Quartet West (

, 1987) * The Everyman Band '' Without Warning'' ( ECM, 1984) * Gary Burton Quartet '' Picture This'' (ECM, 1982) * s Rykodisc/Gramavision Label Director and Executive Producer (1995–97) * Vinicius Cantuária "Sol Na Cara" * Arto Lindsay Remixes "Hyper Civilizado" * Medeski Martin and Wood "Shack-man" * Medeski Martin and Wood "Bubblehouse" (Remixes) * Ron Miles "Woman’s Day" * Ron Miles "My Cruel Heart" * Clusone Trio "Love. Henry" * Clusone Trio "I Am An Indian" * Myra Melford "The Same River, Twice" * Peter Apfelbaum "Luminous Charms" * Oranj Symphonette Plays Mancini * Bill Frisell/Kermit Driscoll/Joey Baron "Live" * FILM SOUNDTRACKS: * White: A Memoir in Color (2012) Music by Don Byron. Directed by Joel Katz. * My Grandmother (BC Records, 2004) Music by Beth Custer. Directed by Kote Mikaberidze. * Strange Fruit (PBS, 2002) Music by Don Byron. Directed by Joel Katz. * Walk Don’t Walk (ZDF/Arte TV, Germany/France, 2001) Music by Don Byron. Directed by Thomas Struck

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