Todd Barkan has been one of the most important and versatile producers of jazz concerts and records around the globe for almost 30 years. The list of artists whose projects he has produced reads like a veritable Who's Who of jazz. Barkan has managed many artists, including the Boys Choir of Harlem, Chico O'Farrill and Freddy Cole, has been Jazz at Lincoln Center's artistic programming director since 2001m and ran 32 Records in New York at the turn of the decade. Barkan also ran the legendary Keystone Korner jazz club in San Francisco for over a decade (1972-1983), where he first met Tetsuo Hara, his now longtime Japanese record label associate and owner of Venus Records.
AAJ Contributor Wayne Zade continues his focus on the Japanese jazz scene in this informative interview with Barkan, who talks about the widespread popularity of jazz in Japan, and its particular focus on the mainstream.
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