Chris Albertson (1931–2019)
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Christiern Gunnar Albertson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland on October 18, 1931. He became a disc jockey for Armed Forces Radio in Keflavik before moving to the United States in 1957. He worked as a disc jockey at a radio station in Philadelphia. He moved to New York in the 1960s and became a mostra altro producer for Riverside Records. He spent one year as a radio station manager in 1964. He was also writing liner notes for jazz albums and was a critic with Stereo Review magazine. He produced a multivolume reissue of Bessie Smith's recordings. The five two-disc sets were released between 1970 and 1972. He received a Grammy Award for best liner notes for Bessie Smith: The World's Greatest Blues Singer. His biography, Bessie, was published in 1972. He was found dead on April 24, 2019 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Albertson, Christiern Gunnar
- Data di nascita
- 1931-10-18
- Data di morte
- 2019-04-24
- Sesso
- male
- Luogo di nascita
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Luogo di morte
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Copenhagen, Denmark
Keflavik, Iceland
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
New York, New York, USA - Attività lavorative
- disc jockey
biographer - Organizzazioni
- Armed Forces Radio
Riverside Records
WBAI - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Grammy Award for Liner Notes
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- Opere
- 5
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 124
- Popolarità
- #161,165
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 13
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 1