Lew Futterman

Lew Futterman is a record producer and manager, who was most active in the 1960s to the early 1980s. Commencing as of 1977, he has increasingly been involved in real estate development, primarily in New York City.[1]

History

Following graduation from Cornell University,[1] Lewis (Lew) Futterman, was initially a producer for Prestige Records. He later became an independent producer,[2] with a portfolio of jazz, soul and rock artists and bands he managed, or whose recordings he produced, including Jay and the Americans,[3] Benny Golson,[4] Jimmy Witherspoon,[2] Jack McDuff,[2] J.J. Jackson, George Benson, Ted Nugent[5] and the British jazz-rock band If.[6][7]

In 1970, he joined forces with UK club owner Stuart Lyon, to form Stuart Lyon Associates,[8] a company which represented, among other groups, Aquila, J.J. Jackson's Dilemma, If and Curved Air.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Profile of Lewis Futterman; Bloomberg. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  2. 1 2 3 "Independent Producers, the New Specialists of Sounds and Beats" Billboard. Retrieved 22nd April 2013.
  3. ↑ "People and Places" Billboard. Retrieved 22nd April 2013.
  4. ↑ "News of the World" Billboard. Retrieved 22nd April 2013.
  5. ↑ "The Producers: Tom Werman, Chapter Four" Retrieved 22nd April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Credits" allmusic. Retrieved 22nd April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Coordination Needed for U.K. Group Breakthrough" Billboard. Retrieved 22nd April 2013.
  8. ↑ "From The Music Capitals of the World" Billboard. Retrieved 22nd April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Futterman Forms London Combine" Billboard, June 6, 1970. Retrieved 22nd April 2013.


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