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Craig Street, born in Oakland, California, is a noted 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 Award for Album of the Year in 2002.
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