| LC control no. | n 79094416 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Porter, Bob |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Newark (N.J.) |
| Birth date | 1940-06-20 |
| Death date | 2021-04-10 |
| Place of birth | Wellesley (Mass.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz Blues (Music) Radio broadcasting Sound recordings Popular music--Production and direction |
| Affiliation | WBGO (Radio station : Newark, N.J.) |
| Profession or occupation | Radio broadcasters Sound recording executives and producers Authors |
| Found in | Ruppli, M. The Prestige label, c1980 (a.e.) CIP galley title page (Bob Porter) Wikipedia, viewed 12 Jan. 2017 (Bob Porter (born 20 June 1940 in Wellesley, Massachusetts; Apr. 10, 2021, Northvale, New Jersey) is an American record producer, discographer, writer, and radio presenter. He has been responsible for reissuing many classic blues and jazz recordings. In 1981, he started broadcasting Portraits In Blue, a syndicated radio program covering blues, R&B, and soul music which he launched at WBGO in Newark, New Jersey) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Porter_(record_producer)> WBGO website, viewed 12 Jan. 2017: profiles (Bob Porter, host of Portraits in Blue; New Jersey based jazz and blues expert; a discographer, writer and record producer; as a writer, her has written for Jazz Times, Down Beat, Jazz Journal (London), and Cash Box, among many others, and has contributed to label discographies of Prestige Records, Savoy Records and Clef/Verve Records) |
| Associated language | eng |
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