Joe Mardin

Last updated

Joe Mardin (born Yusuf Mardin) is a Turkish-American music producer, arranger [1] and engineer from New York City. He is a Berklee College of Music graduate and is the son of the Turkish American producer Arif Mardin. Joe Mardin is also a conductor, songwriter and drummer. [2]

Along with his father, Joe Mardin co-produced Queen Latifah, The Dana Owens Album , Joy A Holiday Collection , a Christmas album by singer/songwriter Jewel (he shared several roles on both albums including conductor, arranger, engineer, programming and orchestration), and the debut album of blind singer, songwriter, guitarist Raul Midón entitled State of Mind . He also produced [3] Raul Midon's second album for Manhattan Records, which came out in September 2007.

Mardin was a co-composer for "Caught in the Act" on Chaka Khan's I Feel For You album. His conducting credits include Whitney Houston's, Whitney: The Greatest Hits album [4]

He produced the documentary The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story which is about the career of his father. It was directed by Doug Biro. [5] [6] [7]

He works with Paul Waaktaar-Savoy playing drums in the songs "Ancient Arches" and "Sequoia has Fallen" on Waaktaar & Zoe's album, World of Trouble. [8] Joe Mardin later performed the drums on the song "Goodbye Thompson" on the Cast in Steel album by A-ha. [9] Mardin appeared again on the 2022 A-ha album True North (A-ha album) where he did orchestral arrangements on several of the tracks.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Waaktaar-Savoy</span> Norwegian musician and songwriter (born 1961)

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy is a Norwegian musician and songwriter. Waaktaar-Savoy is best known for his work as the main songwriter and guitarist in the Norwegian pop band a-ha, which has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. He has written or co-written most of the band's biggest hits, including "The Sun Always Shines on T.V.", "Hunting High and Low", "Take On Me", the 1987 James Bond theme "The Living Daylights" and the ballad "Summer Moved On". In addition, Waaktaar-Savoy is also a painter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arif Mardin</span> Turkish-American music producer

Arif Mardin 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.

<i>Christmas and the Beads of Sweat</i> 1970 studio album by Laura Nyro

Christmas and the Beads of Sweat is the fourth album by New York-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. The album was released on the Columbia Records label in November 1970 after Nyro had recorded it in the early summer with producers Felix Cavaliere and Arif Mardin. Whilst Nyro had handed over production reins, she was still in control of the project and co-arranged her compositions.

<i>Film Noir</i> (album) 1997 studio album by Carly Simon

Film Noir is the 17th studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Arista Records, on September 16, 1997.

<i>Main Course</i> 1975 studio album by Bee Gees

Main Course, released in 1975 for the RSO Records label, is the 13th album by the Bee Gees, and their last album to be released by Atlantic Records in the US under its distribution deal with Robert Stigwood. This album marked a great change for the Bee Gees as it was their first album to include mostly R&B, soul and funk-influenced songs, and created the model for their output through the rest of the 1970s. It rejuvenated the group's career and public image, particularly in the US, after the commercial disappointment of their preceding few albums. It was the group's thirteenth album. Main Course was the first album to feature keyboardist Blue Weaver. The album cover with the band's new logo designed by US artist Drew Struzan made its first appearance here.

<i>Let Me in Your Life</i> 1974 studio album by Aretha Franklin

Let Me in Your Life is the twentieth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on February 25, 1974, by Atlantic Records.

<i>Songs for the New Depression</i> 1976 studio album by Bette Midler

Songs for the New Depression is the third studio album by the American singer Bette Midler, released in early 1976 on the Atlantic Records label. The album was released on CD for the first time in 1990. A remastered version of the album was released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1995. A limited edition remastered version of the album was released by Friday Music in 2014.

<i>Bette of Roses</i> 1995 studio album by Bette Midler

Bette of Roses is the eighth studio album by the American singer Bette Midler. It was released by Atlantic Records on July 18, 1995, in the United States. The title was a play on the title of one of the tracks, "Bed of Roses". It became Midler's final album for the label, twenty-three years after the release of her debut album The Divine Miss M, since she was transferred to Atlantic's sister label Warner Bros. Records for her next two albums, then left the Warner group completely in 2002 when she signed with the Sony-owned Columbia Records.

<i>State of Mind</i> (Raul Midón album) 2005 studio album by Raul Midón

State of Mind is Raul Midón's second album, released June 7, 2005 through Manhattan Records. In the album, he occasionally uses his trademark vocal style, "instrumental voices", which are also performed by him during his live performances.

<i>Desert Wind</i> (album) 1989 studio album by Ofra Haza

Desert Wind is an album by the Israeli singer Ofra Haza, released in 1989. Popular in Israel, Haza was unknown in the rest of the world until the previous year, when the song "Im Nin'Alu" and the album Shaday were released. Desert Wind was therefore more oriented toward the international market.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vince Mendoza</span> American musician

Vince Mendoza is an American composer, music arranger and conductor. He debuted as a solo artist in 1989, and is known for his work conducting the Metropole Orkest and WDR Big Band Köln, as well as arranging music for musicians such as John Scofield, Joni Mitchell, Michael Brecker and Björk. Over the course of his career, he has won seven Grammy Awards and one Latin Grammy Award and has been nominated for a total of 38 between the two awards.

<i>Judith</i> (album) 1975 studio album by Judy Collins

Judith is the tenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released in 1975 by Elektra Records in both stereo (7E-1032) and CD-4 quadraphonic (EQ-1032) versions. Collins recorded Judith three years after her precedent album True Stories and Other Dreams, having been focused during the interim on producing Antonia: a Portrait of the Woman a documentary about Antonia Brico.

<i>Aretha</i> (1980 album) 1980 studio album by Aretha Franklin

Aretha is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was released on September 30, 1980, by Arista Records. This is Franklin's second eponymous album, and her first for Arista Records after a 12-year tenure with Atlantic Records.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amy Kohn</span> American musician

Amy Kohn is an American composer, lyricist, singer, pianist and accordionist.

Keith Lee Barnhart is an American composer, keyboardist, and audio engineer commonly referred to as "Plex". Although most of his credits are as a session musician on nearly 100 major label albums, most of his career earnings came from composing for: TV & Radio, library music, and popular song.

<i>Hay Amores Y Amores</i> 1995 studio album by Rocío Dúrcal

Hay Amores Y Amores is the title of a studio album released by Spanish performer Rocío Dúrcal on 25 April 1995 by BMG Ariola, written and produced by Argentinean songwriter Roberto Livi. This album peaked at number-five on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums and number-twenty on Top Latin Albums. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1996 for Best Latin Pop Album.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raul Midón</span> American singer-songwriter

Raul Midón is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from New Mexico.

<i>The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967–1970</i> 2018 compilation album by Aretha Franklin

The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967–1970 is a compilation album of singer Aretha Franklin, released by Rhino Records in September 2018. The album contains her first 17 singles for Atlantic Records released in the United States from her debut for the label "I Never Loved a Man " of February 1967 through "Border Song " of October 1970. The Amazon sales website identifies these as digitally remastered versions of the original mono issues, although that is not indicated in the set's liner notes or packaging. The original recordings were produced by Jerry Wexler, at times in collaboration with Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin.

<i>All My Friends Are Here</i> 2010 studio album by Arif Mardin

All My Friends Are Here is a studio album by Turkish-American record producer, arranger, and composer Arif Mardin, released on June 15, 2010. It is the album that Arif Mardin referred to as his life's work, featuring performances by artists whom he produced over the years of his career, including Bette Midler, Chaka Khan, David Sanborn, Norah Jones, Carly Simon, Phil Collins among them.

"If I Had My Wish Tonight" is a song written by Randy Goodrum and Dave Loggins originally released in 1979 by Dave Loggins on his self-titled album. American singer-songwriter David Lasley covered the song on his Missin' Twenty Grand album, releasing it as the first single. The song debuted on March 13, 1982, and reached a peak position of 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 1, 1982.

References

  1. Walsh, Christopher (10 March 2001). "Joe Mardin scores sister's photo show". Billboard . Vol. 113, no. 10. p. 53. ISSN   0006-2510.
  2. "Beyond the Hits | Berklee College of Music". Berklee.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  3. "Raul Midón - A World Within A World". Discogs. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. "Joe Mardin | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  5. "Joe Mardin". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  6. "Joe Mardin: on his Dad, Arif Mardin". tapeop.com. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  7. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2010-04-03. p. 26.
  8. "World of Trouble - Waaktaar & Zoe | Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  9. "Cast in Steel (2015)". 16 August 2022.