For years, Africa’s most ambitious youth were told success meant becoming a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. Traditional careers were seen as the only reliable path to upward mobility. But today, a quiet ...

During his time there, George Avakian, a talent scout for Columbia Records, heard him sing and decided to sign him to the label. According to The New York Times, Avakian sent a message to the ...

George Mesrop Avakian was an Armenian/American record producer, artist manager, writer, educator and executive. Best known for his work from 1939 to the early 1960s at Decca Records, Columbia ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...

in 1956 producer George Avakian penned an article for DownBeat Magazine titled, “The History of Columbia is the Saga of Jazz.” By the early-to-mid 1970s, however, jazz had waned somewhat at ...

In 1954, less was more. The reason these recordings are significant for Davis moving forward is that Columbia producer George Avakian was listening. As Columbia began to issue pop recordings on ...

Producer George Avakian heard Davis at the festival and quickly signed him up for a contract with Columbia Records. With a year left on his contract with Prestige, Davis was forced to hold back the ...

Records, George Avakian. Avakian wanted to record one of Newhart's standup comedy performances, something Newhart had never actually done. The comedian managed to get booked at the Tidelands Motor ...

Channel24 Music sat down with the festival’s music director George Avakian and he explained all of reasoning behind the changes and how this year is being tailored to be better than ever. We’re doing ...

When I was a kid I went to school with Maro Avakian, the daughter of the great violinist Anahid Ajemian and the CEO of Columbia Records, George Avakian. Armenian restaurants like the Golden Horn ...