Arif Mardin

Arif Mardin
Mardin at the Grammy Awards, February 1990
Mardin at the Grammy Awards, February 1990
Background information
Born(1932-03-15)March 15, 1932
Istanbul, Turkey
DiedJune 25, 2006(2006-06-25) (aged 74)
New York City, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)
  • Music producer
  • arranger
Instrument(s)Keyboards
Years active1960s–2006
Labels

Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for over 30 years, as producer, arranger, studio manager, and vice president, before moving to EMI and serving as vice president and general manager of Manhattan Records.[1]

Mardin worked with artists including The Rascals, Queen, Melissa Manchester, John Prine, the Bee Gees, Hall & Oates, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Donny Hathaway, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, Michael Crawford, Chaka Khan, Howard Jones, Laura Nyro, Ringo Starr, Carly Simon, Phil Collins, Daniel Rodriguez, and Norah Jones.[2] Mardin was awarded eleven Grammy Awards and has eighteen nominations.[3]

  1. ^ "LM_Arif MARDIN_biography". www.lightmillennium.org. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "Arif Mardin: Tales from the Recording Studio". NPR.org. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "Recording Academy Grammy Awards". www.grammy.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.