| LC control no. | n 2015060615 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rosen, Larry, 1940-2015 |
| Located | Park Ridge (N.J.) |
| Birth date | 1940-05-25 |
| Death date | 2015-10-09 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Park Ridge (N.J.) |
| Field of activity | Sound recording industry Jazz Music trade Television--Production and direction |
| Affiliation | GRP Records N2K |
| Profession or occupation | Sound recording executives and producers Drummers (Musicians) Television producers and directors |
| Special note | Formerly on undifferentiated name record: n 81088267 |
| Found in | GRP digital sampler [SR] p1989: label (Larry Rosen) Washington post WWW site, viewed Oct. 13, 2015 (Larry Rosen, one of the most influential and tech-savvy modern jazz producers who co-founded GRP Records with Dave Grusin, died Oct. 9 [2015] at his home in Park Ridge, N.J.; he was 75; more recently, Mr. Rosen's main focus was on producing concerts; in 2008, he created Jazz Roots, a popular jazz concert series with an education and mentoring program for music students; born Mary [sic] 25, 1940, in the Bronx, and performed as a drummer with the Newport Jazz Festival Youth Band in 1959. He got to know Grusin, a pianist, when they worked together in singer Andy Williams's band; in 1972, the two formed the freelance production team Grusin/Rosen Productions; Grusin and Mr. Rosen sold GRP to MCA Records, with Mr. Rosen remaining as president and chief executive of the label until 1995; Mr. Rosen went on to found N2K, which not only released CDs but became one of the first online music sites with a music store and genre-based community sites; for television, Mr. Rosen created and produced the PBS series "Legends of Jazz" with pianist Ramsey Lewis in 2006; established the annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2012 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark) Miami herald WWW site, viewed Oct. 13, 2015 (in obituary dated Oct. 9, 2015: Larry Rosen; died Friday [Oct. 9, 2015] at his home in New Jersey at 75; born May 25, 1940, in New York City) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 81088267 n 91127470 |
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