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Greg Landau

April 13, 2024

Greg Landau is an American, San Francisco-based record and video producer, and an instructor of music and Latin American Studies focused on the social movements that produced revolutionary music and art.[1]

He has produced eight Grammy nominated records and has produced over 80 CDs and numerous film scores including serving as Music Supervisor of the film La Mission. He produced the album "Songs from La Mission".[2][3]

Early life edit

Landau's parents are poet Nina Serrano and filmmaker Saul Landau.[4] He was born in Madison, Wisconsin and grew up in San Francisco's Mission District.[5] He co-founded Round Whirled Records with Camilo Landau and Round World Media along with his sister Valerie Landau. He worked with his father and Haskell Wexler on many documentary films in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Music career edit

During the 1980s, Landau toured internationally as a guitarist and tresero with the Nicaraguan Nueva Canción group, Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Mancotal, and shared stages with Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés, Mercedes Sosa, Chico Buarque, Amparo Ochoa and Nicomedes Santa Cruz in music festivals and concerts across Latin America and Europe.[6] He lived and worked in Nicaragua in the 1980s before returning to the US in 1991.[7]

Media production edit

Landau has produced work with PBS, Disney, Sony, Warner Bros., CNN, LucasFilm, Six Degrees Records, McDonald's and StarMedia. As Executive Producer at Starmedia,[8] he has produced videos with Christina Aguilera, Carlos Santana,[9] Los Lobos, and Sub-Comandante Marcos. He co-founded Round World Music with Robert Leaver, who owned an eclectic music store in San Francisco. [1].[7][10]

He has produced eight Grammy-nominated albums: Carlos "Patato" Valdes's Ritmo y Candela and Ritmo y Candela II in 1996 and 1998,[5] and Peru Blue with Pamela Rodriguez in 2006.[3][11][12]

He has worked with artists including Buena Vista Social Club's Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, Susana Baca, Bobi Cespedes,[13] Dr Loco, Pete Seeger, Omar Sosa,[6] John Santos, Pancho Quinto, Quetzal,[14] Carne Cruda,[15] Los Mocosos, Maldita Vecindad, poet Piri Thomas,[16] and David Byrne's record label Luaka Bop. Landau, Babatunde Lea, and John Greenham composed and produced "The African Diaspora Suite" in 2005 for a permanent installation in the newly built Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco.[17]

He composed and produced the film score for Haskell Wexler's 2006 documentary film, Who Needs Sleep[18]and Peter and Benjamin Bratt's "La Mission", which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.[19] He produced Salve a Bahia then Gente! for the Brazilian group SambaDa in 2009, who say he made their work “more fun, more work, more intense.”[20][21] He also produced work for Mexican singer and songwriter Arturo Ortega. His most recent work was producing an album called Mondongo (Sept. 30, 2015) with La Cuneta, and previously a CD with Mexican rockers Maldita Vecindad, titled Circular Colectivo, that debuted with a splash in Mexico[22] In 2011 he produced the CD, Calma, for Cuban pianist Omar Sosa, that was nominated for the Latin Grammys in the Instrumental Music Category.

He served as music supervisor for the HBO documentary "Mariela Castro's March: Cuba's LGBT Revolution" directed by Jon Alpert.[23]

Teaching edit

Landau received a doctorate in Communication from the University of California, San Diego.[24] He teaches at the University of California at Santa Cruz[24] and City College of San Francisco,[25] and he researches the role of music in contemporary societies.

References edit

  1. ^ . Archived from the original on September 23, 2009. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  2. ^ "Songs from La Mission"
  3. ^ a b "Greg Landau". Greg Landau. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  4. ^ Moe, Doug (July 1, 2003). "Following activist parents footsteps". The Capital Times. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  5. ^ a b . Latin Beat Magazine. April 1, 2008. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  6. ^ a b . Six Degree Records. Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  7. ^ a b Navas, D. (PDF). Latin Jazz Network. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2008. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  8. ^ http://europe.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=6357[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Case Study: StarMedia Brings Santana to the Web". Steaming Media Global. October 20, 2000. Retrieved January 24, 2010. [dead link]
  10. ^ "Round World Media team". Round World Media. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  11. ^ Colombo, Anthony; Ricardo Companioni (October 21, 2006). "Latin Leaders". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  12. ^ "LALS lecturer produces album for Latin Grammy-nominated artist". Currents. UC Santa Cruz. October 30, 2006. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  13. ^ "Bobi Cespedes: the cuban earth with a beat: singer Bobi Cespedes updates traditional Afro-Cuban prayers and so her debut outing for San Francisco's Six Degrees Records". Latin Beat Magazine. February 1, 2003. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  14. ^ Lechner, Ernesto (April 2002). "Quetzal". Vibe. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  15. ^ Mix Magazine 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine, Band Profile: Carne Cruda
  16. ^ Hernández, Carmen Dolores (1997). "Piri Thomas". Puerto Rican voices in English: interviews with writers. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-95809-4.
  17. ^ Hamlin, Jesse (November 25, 2005). "Faces of Africa create a tapestry of all humanity. A new museum traces threads of the diaspora". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  18. ^ "La Mission". IMDb. January 19, 2009.
  19. ^ McCarthy, Todd (January 26, 2006). "Who Needs Sleep?". Variety. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  20. ^ Miglieta, Halley (7 January 2010). . Sacramento Press. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  21. ^ . All About Jazz. 14 January 2010. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  22. ^ "sht.mx 208.80.153.24". sht.mx. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  23. ^ . Greg Landau. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  24. ^ a b . Latin American & Latino Studies. UC Santa Cruz. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  25. ^ "Cinefest honors Greg and Saul Landau" (PDF). City Currents. Marketing and Public Information Office of City College of San Francisco. February 2005. Retrieved January 24, 2010.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Official website
  • Taylor, Andrew; Stephanie Jutt. "Art as Business as Art: Greg Landau". Open Source Audio. UW-Madison Arts Institute. Retrieved January 24, 2010.

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Greg Landau is an American San Francisco based record and video producer and an instructor of music and Latin American Studies focused on the social movements that produced revolutionary music and art 1 He has produced eight Grammy nominated records and has produced over 80 CDs and numerous film scores including serving as Music Supervisor of the film La Mission He produced the album Songs from La Mission 2 3 Contents 1 Early life 2 Music career 2 1 Media production 3 Teaching 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editLandau s parents are poet Nina Serrano and filmmaker Saul Landau 4 He was born in Madison Wisconsin and grew up in San Francisco s Mission District 5 He co founded Round Whirled Records with Camilo Landau and Round World Media along with his sister Valerie Landau He worked with his father and Haskell Wexler on many documentary films in Latin America and the Caribbean Music career editDuring the 1980s Landau toured internationally as a guitarist and tresero with the Nicaraguan Nueva Cancion group Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Mancotal and shared stages with Silvio Rodriguez Pablo Milanes Mercedes Sosa Chico Buarque Amparo Ochoa and Nicomedes Santa Cruz in music festivals and concerts across Latin America and Europe 6 He lived and worked in Nicaragua in the 1980s before returning to the US in 1991 7 Media production edit Landau has produced work with PBS Disney Sony Warner Bros CNN LucasFilm Six Degrees Records McDonald s and StarMedia As Executive Producer at Starmedia 8 he has produced videos with Christina Aguilera Carlos Santana 9 Los Lobos and Sub Comandante Marcos He co founded Round World Music with Robert Leaver who owned an eclectic music store in San Francisco 1 7 10 He has produced eight Grammy nominated albums Carlos Patato Valdes s Ritmo y Candela and Ritmo y Candela II in 1996 and 1998 5 and Peru Blue with Pamela Rodriguez in 2006 3 11 12 He has worked with artists including Buena Vista Social Club s Juan de Marcos Gonzalez Susana Baca Bobi Cespedes 13 Dr Loco Pete Seeger Omar Sosa 6 John Santos Pancho Quinto Quetzal 14 Carne Cruda 15 Los Mocosos Maldita Vecindad poet Piri Thomas 16 and David Byrne s record label Luaka Bop Landau Babatunde Lea and John Greenham composed and produced The African Diaspora Suite in 2005 for a permanent installation in the newly built Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco 17 He composed and produced the film score for Haskell Wexler s 2006 documentary film Who Needs Sleep 18 and Peter and Benjamin Bratt s La Mission which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival 19 He produced Salve a Bahia then Gente for the Brazilian group SambaDa in 2009 who say he made their work more fun more work more intense 20 21 He also produced work for Mexican singer and songwriter Arturo Ortega His most recent work was producing an album called Mondongo Sept 30 2015 with La Cuneta and previously a CD with Mexican rockers Maldita Vecindad titled Circular Colectivo that debuted with a splash in Mexico 22 In 2011 he produced the CD Calma for Cuban pianist Omar Sosa that was nominated for the Latin Grammys in the Instrumental Music Category He served as music supervisor for the HBO documentary Mariela Castro s March Cuba s LGBT Revolution directed by Jon Alpert 23 Teaching editLandau received a doctorate in Communication from the University of California San Diego 24 He teaches at the University of California at Santa Cruz 24 and City College of San Francisco 25 and he researches the role of music in contemporary societies References edit UC Santa Cruz Latin American and Latino Studies Directory Greg Landau Archived from the original on September 23 2009 Retrieved January 24 2010 Songs from La Mission a b Greg Landau Greg Landau Retrieved December 2 2016 Moe Doug July 1 2003 Following activist parents footsteps The Capital Times Retrieved July 20 2021 a b The Right Stuff the many sides of San Francisco Bay Area producer Greg Landau Latin Beat Magazine April 1 2008 Archived from the 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2003 Retrieved January 24 2010 Lechner Ernesto April 2002 Quetzal Vibe Retrieved January 24 2010 Mix Magazine Archived 2011 06 29 at the Wayback Machine Band Profile Carne Cruda Hernandez Carmen Dolores 1997 Piri Thomas Puerto Rican voices in English interviews with writers Greenwood Publishing Group ISBN 0 275 95809 4 Hamlin Jesse November 25 2005 Faces of Africa create a tapestry of all humanity A new museum traces threads of the diaspora San Francisco Chronicle Retrieved January 24 2010 La Mission IMDb January 19 2009 McCarthy Todd January 26 2006 Who Needs Sleep Variety Retrieved January 24 2010 Miglieta Halley 7 January 2010 Get funky with SambaDa at the Blue Lamp Sacramento Press Archived from the original on 15 July 2011 Retrieved 24 January 2010 Sambada s New Album Gente and Release Party Dates All About Jazz 14 January 2010 Archived from the original on 16 January 2010 Retrieved 24 January 2010 sht mx 208 80 153 24 sht mx Retrieved February 18 2020 Greg Landau Greg Landau 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