“For The Record: Charles Stepney” by Edwin Black, Article reproduced with kind permission of Downbeat Magazine. Originally printed November 26, 1970. One of those unseen workhorses whose business is other people’s success is Charles Stepney, music supervisor for Chess Records. Stepney, in four years with the label, assumed responsibility for styling Ramsey…
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Joseph Schillinger was a man before his time. He was a musician, a scholar, and an innovator. His life was a mere 47 years but the body of work he completed was enough to fill three lifetimes. He developed the Schillinger System of Musical Composition.