Craig Street, born in Oakland, California, is a record producer.
Street moved with his family to Los Angeles at the age of 11, but returned to the Bay Area for his high school years. He began playing guitar at age 14, and was in a number of Berkeley bands. In 1981 he interviewed Alan Douglas for an NPR documentary about Jimi Hendrix, which Street co-produced with then KPFA-FM 3rd World Director Bari Scott, and San Jose radio broadcaster Don West. He moved to New York in the 1980s, where he began producing records, starting with Blue Light 'til Dawn by jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson. Wilson had just signed with the Blue Note label. The album was Wilson's commercial breakthrough and Street went on to produce often successful records predominantly of musicians who understand their voice as principal instrument.
Street has produced albums in a variety of genres, including pop, jazz, soul, and country. In a 1998 interview, he told the Los Angeles Times, "I know it sounds corny, but I never learned how to separate music, to make distinctions between genres.""Off the Beaten Tracks," by Lloyd Sachs, Los Angeles Times, May 17, 1998 His music production credits include Norah Jones, k.d. lang, Rebekka Bakken, Charlie Sexton, Meshell Ndegeocello, Joe Henry, John Legend, The Manhattan Transfer, Bettye LaVette, Chris Whitley, Geri Allen, Holly Cole, and others.
Come Away with Me, for which he produced some early tracks,These are namely "Seven Years", "Feelin' the Same Way", and "The Long Day Is Over". The demos for the jazz standard "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most", "Walkin’ My Baby Back Home", and "World of Trouble" were first published on the 20th Anniversary 2CD-edition of the album. won a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2002.
Discography + Sortable table Date Artist Album title Label Notes 1993 Cassandra Wilson Blue Light 'til Dawn Blue Note 1995 Holly Cole Temptation Alert 1995 Cassandra Wilson New Moon Daughter Blue Note 1995 Javon Jackson For One Who Knows Blue Note 1996 Jimmy Scott Heaven Warner 1996 Javon Jackson A Look Within Blue Note 1997 k.d. lang Drag Warner 1997 Jeb Loy Nichols Lovers Knot Capitol 1997 Jeremy Toback Perfect Flux Thing RCA 1997 Chocolate Genius Black Music V2 1997 Chris Whitley Dirt Floor Messenger 1998 Geri Allen, Mark and Scott Batson as Triad Three Pianos for Jimi Douglas Co-prod. by Alan Douglas 1998 Dougie Bowne One Way Elevator DIW 1999 Javon Jackson Pleasant Valley Blue Note 1999 Shelby Starner From in the Shadows Warner 1999 Me'Shell NdegéOcello Bitter Maverick 2000 Susana Baca Eco de Sombras Luaka Bop 2000 The Manhattan Transfer The Spirit of St. Louis Atlantic 2000 Chris Whitley Feat. Billy Martin and Chris Wood Perfect Day Valley Entertainment 2000 Supergenerous (Cyro Baptista and Kevin Breit) Supergenerous Blue Note 2001 David Linx L'instant d'aprés Polygram 2001 Jubilant Sykes Wait for Me Sony Classical 2001 Joe Henry Scar Mammoth 2002 Dirty Dozen Brass Band Medicated Magic Ropeadope 2002 The Derek Trucks Band Joyful Noise Columbia 2002 Norah Jones Come Away with Me Blue Note 2002 Susana Baca Espíritu vivo Luaka Bop 2002 Molly Johnson Another Day Marquis 2003 Boyd Tinsley True Reflections RCA 2004 Gipsy Kings Roots Nonesuch 2004 Dirty Dozen Brass Band Funeral for a Friend Ropeadope 2005 Chocolate Genius, Inc. Black Yankee Rock Commotion 2005 Lizz Wright Dreaming Wide Awake Verve Forecast 2006 Susana Baca Travesías Luaka Bop 2006 John Legend Once Again G.O.O.D. Music 2008 Lizz Wright The Orchard Verve Forecast 2009 Brandi Shearer Love Don't Make You Juliet Vinyl Tiger 2009 Rebekka Bakken Morning Hours EmArcy 2010 Madeleine Peyroux Standing on the Rooftop Decca 2011 Alyssa Graham The Lock, Stock, and Soul Sunnyside 2012 Bettye LaVette Thankful n' Thoughtful Anti- 2012 Amy Cook Summer Skin Thirty Tigers
External links Craig Street on Allmusic.com Interview with Craig Street on Mixonline.com
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