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Regina Weinreich: SNL's Hal Willner Produces Music for A Great Night in Harlem at the Apollo
always Howdy Doody time in music producer Hal Willner's workspace at the Film Center building in Manhattan. Best known for producing music for Saturday Night Live, Willner shares his lair with many antique puppets, Jackie Gleason memorabilia including a Ralph from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Sexmob: Cinema, Circus & Spaghetti (Sexmob Plays Fellini: The Music of Nino Rota) (Review)
than 30 years ago, Hal Willner, the great master of the all-star jazz tribute project, released Amarcord Nino Rota, an album of Nino Rota covers that featured Bill Frisell, Steve Lacy, Muhal Richard Abrams, Wynton Marsalis, and Carla Bley, just to name a few. from PopMatters Read more »
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Review: Frisell adapts Allen Ginsberg's 'Kaddish' at SFJazz
the poem (which dates to 1959) was narrated by Hal Willner (the event's producer) and Chloe Webb (its director), with visual images projected above the stage, including many by cartoonist Ralph Steadman, whose freaky caricatures (resembling bug-eyed devils) from Inside Bay Area Read more »
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Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys – review
years ago, maverick producer Hal Willner recorded the gloriously free-wheeling Rogues Gallery; now, at last, comes the follow-up. It includes a raucous, stomping Leaving of Liverpool from Shane MacGowan, and an extraordinary treatment of Shenandoah featuring from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
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Jumpin’ Jack Sparrow
Roger Daltrey-style, he just missed smashing Reed in the head. “Lou’s been doing tai chi for decades,” says music producer Hal Willner, who assembled that show in tribute to his star-studded 2006 album, “Rogues Gallery.” “He ducked, and did one of those Bruce from New York Post Read more »
