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Bob Shad was not only an outstanding jazz producer, but he supervised several major blues, pop, rock, and R&B dates.
Shad started his production career with Savoy in the '40s, producing jazz sessions for
Charlie Parker and blues and R&B albums for National. He founded the Sittin' in With label in 1948 and produced albums by
Lightnin' Hopkins,
Sonny Terry and
Brownie McGhee, Smokey Hogg,
Peppermint Harris and
Curley Weaver, as well as jazz and R&B albums.
Shad became director of Artists and Repertory (A&R) for Mercury in 1951 and launched its EmArcy division, producing dates by
Sarah Vaughan,
Maynard Ferguson, the
Clifford Brown/
Max Roach quintet, and
Dinah Washington among many others.
Shad produced
Washington's first album with strings, which proved a huge hit. He also supervised pop dates by
Patti Page and
Vic Damone, R&B by
the Platters, and blues sessions by
Hopkins,
Big Bill Broonzy, and several others.
Shad founded Mainstream in the '60s after leaving Mercury and reissued several Sittin' in With albums as well as new dates by
Shelly Manne,
Dizzy Gillespie,
Roy Haynes,
Buddy Terry,
Pete Yellin, and others. He continued at Mainstream through the '70s, and also served as a producer for the debuts of
Ted Nugent and
Janis Joplin. ~ Ron Wynn