This is Celia Hirschman with On the Beat for KCRW. It's important to remember where you came from, and who brought you there. My road into adulthood was carried by many of the songs that Arif Mardin ...

Grammy-award winning producer Arif Mardin died in 2006 after being diagnosed with cancer a year earlier. Now, four years after his death -- and through a loving tribute by his son -- Mardin is poised ...

“It’s like the director of a film. It doesn’t matter what you’ve got going on in front of the camera, if they don’t capture it in a masterful way, you don’t see it on the screen.” That’s Quincy Jones, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It’s a remarkable on one level that a man who played a critical role in ...

The legendary music producer Arif Mardin, has died. In a long and varied career, Mardin worked with performers ranging from Aretha Franklin to the Bee Gees, and from Chaka Khan to Norah Jones. In a ...

Arif Mardin, a Grammy-winning arranger and record producer whose four decades of hits include Aretha Franklin’s classic 1960s recordings, the Bee Gees’ falsetto-driven comeback in the 1970s and Norah ...

Arif Mardin, the legendary producer/arranger whose career spanned landmark recordings from Aretha Franklin to the Bee Gees to Norah Jones, died yesterday (June 25) in New York. Mardin was 74 and had… ...

With a best long form video Grammy nom for the documentary "Greatest Ears in Town," Joe Mardin reflects on his father's life and work. By Shirley Halperin Indeed, when it came to singers, Arif Mardin, ...

Arif Mardin, producer, arranger and record company executive: born Istanbul 15 March 1932; married (one son, one daughter); died New York 25 June 2006. In a career lasting over 40 years, the ...

Arif Mardin, the most consistently successful record producer of the last 50 years, has died of pancreatic cancer at his New York home, aged 74. Born in Turkey, Mardin arrived in the US on a music ...

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June 26, 2006 • The legendary music producer Arif Mardin, has died. In a long and varied career, Mardin worked with performers from Aretha Franklin to the Bee Gees, and from Chaka Khan to Norah Jones.