Arif Mardin
Record Producer
1932 – 2006
Who was Arif Mardin?
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 both an assistant, producer, arranger, studio manager, and vice president, before moving to EMI and serving as vice president and general manager of Manhattan Records. His collaborations include working with Queen, The Bee Gees, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, Laura Branigan, Chaka Khan, Scritti Politti, Phil Collins, Daniel Rodriguez, Norah Jones, Richard Marx, Culture Club and Jewel. Mardin was awarded 11 Grammy Awards.
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- Born
- Mar 15, 1932
Istanbul - Also known as
- Afrid Mardin
- Mardin, Arif
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Latife Mardin
(1958 - 2006/06/25)
- Latife Mardin
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Turkey
- Profession
- Education
- Berklee College of Music
- Istanbul University
- London School of Economics
- Lived in
- Istanbul
- Died
- Jun 25, 2006
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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