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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 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, which Street co-produced with then KPFA-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." [1] His music production credits include Norah Jones, k.d. lang, Rebekka Bakken, Charlie Sexton, Meshell Ndegeocello, Joe Henry, John Legend, The Manhattan Transfer, Bettye LaVette, Chris Whitley, Geri Allen, Holly Cole, and others.
Come Away with Me , which he co-produced for Norah Jones, won a Grammy for album of the year in 2002.
Date | Artist | Album title | Label | Notes |
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1993 | Cassandra Wilson | Blue Light 'til Dawn | Blue Note | |
1995 | Holly Cole | Temptation | Alert | |
1995 | Cassandra Wilson | New Moon Daughter | Blue Note | |
1995 | Javon Jackson | For One Who Knows | Blue Note | |
1996 | Jimmy Scott | Heaven | Warner | |
1996 | Javon Jackson | A Look Within | Blue Note | |
1997 | k.d. lang | Drag | Warner | |
1997 | Jeb Loy Nichols | Lovers Knot | Capitol | |
1997 | Jeremy Toback | Perfect Flux Thing | RCA | |
1997 | Chocolate Genius | Black Music | V2 | |
1997 | Chris Whitley | Dirt Floor | Messenger | |
1998 | Geri Allen, Mark and Scott Batson as Triad | Three Pianos for Jimi | Douglas | Co-prod. by Alan Douglas |
1998 | Dougie Bowne | One Way Elevator | DIW | |
1999 | Javon Jackson | Pleasant Valley | Blue Note | |
1999 | Shelby Starner | From in the Shadows | Warner | |
1999 | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Bitter | Maverick | |
2000 | Susana Baca | Eco de Sombras | Luaka Bop | |
2000 | The Manhattan Transfer | The Spirit of St. Louis | Atlantic | |
2000 | Chris Whitley Feat. Billy Martin and Chris Wood | Perfect Day | Valley Entertainment | |
2000 | Supergenerous (Cyro Baptista and Kevin Breit) | Supergenerous | Blue Note | |
2001 | David Linx | L'instant d'aprés | Polygram | |
2001 | Jubilant Sykes | Wait for Me | Sony Classical | |
2001 | Joe Henry | Scar | Mammoth | |
2002 | Dirty Dozen Brass Band | Medicated Magic | Ropeadope | |
2002 | The Derek Trucks Band | Joyful Noise | Columbia | |
2002 | Norah Jones | Come Away with Me | Blue Note | |
2002 | Susana Baca | Espíritu vivo | Luaka Bop | |
2002 | Molly Johnson | Another Day | Marquis | |
2003 | Boyd Tinsley | True Reflections | RCA | |
2004 | Gipsy Kings | Roots | Nonesuch | |
2004 | Dirty Dozen Brass Band | Funeral for a Friend | Ropeadope | |
2005 | Chocolate Genius, Inc. | Black Yankee Rock | Commotion | |
2005 | Lizz Wright | Dreaming Wide Awake | Verve Forecast | |
2006 | Susana Baca | Travesías | Luaka Bop | |
2006 | John Legend | Once Again | G.O.O.D. Music | |
2008 | Lizz Wright | The Orchard | Verve Forecast | |
2009 | Brandi Shearer | Love Don't Make You Juliet | Vinyl Tiger | |
2009 | Rebekka Bakken | Morning Hours | EmArcy | |
2010 | Madeleine Peyroux | Standing on the Rooftop | Decca | |
2011 | Alyssa Graham | The Lock, Stock, and Soul | Sunnyside | |
2012 | Bettye LaVette | Thankful n' Thoughtful | Anti- | |
2012 | Amy Cook | Summer Skin | Thirty Tigers |
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