Lee Townsend
Lee Townsend is an American independent music producer, curator, artist manager and co-owner of Songtone (Songline/Tone Field Productions), specializing in recordings of singer-songwriters, contemporary composers, improvising musicians, and cross-cultural musical collaborations. He is also a psychotherapist in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. Background and career. Since 1983, Townsend has produced albums by Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Loudon Wainwright III, Kelly Joe Phelps, Rinde Eckert, Vinicius Cantuaria, Shweta Jhaveri, Dino Saluzzi, Gabriela Anders, Petra Haden, Viktor Krauss, Elvis Costello/Bill Frisell, Choying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts, Pat Metheny/John Scofield, Joey Baron, Charlie  Hunter, T. J. Kirk, Dave Holland, Hank Jones, John Abercrombie, Jerry Granelli, Marc Johnson, Jonah Smith, Noe Venable, Crooked Still, Paul Dresher, Marty Ehrlich, Dusan Bogdanovic, Paul Sprawl, and Stephen Yerkey. Townsend is a member of the cooperative group, Floratone, with Bill Frisell, Matt Chamberlain, and Tucker Martine. He has collaborated on motion picture soundtracks and theater music. Additionally, he has been producer of the Century of Song program for the Ruhr Triennale Arts festival in Germany, Vice President of Artists and Repertoire for Verve/Polygram Records in New York, General Manager and Director of United States Operations at ECM  Records in New York, Producer of Music Programming at the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, California, and a staff producer at National Public Radio affiliate, KCRW-FM in Santa Monica, California. Townsend graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz, majoring in psychology and earned his graduate degree in psychology from The Wright Institute, Berkeley. Discography. Bill Frisell Bill Frisell/Elvis Costello Petra Haden and Bill Frisell Carrie Rodriguez Kelly Joe Phelps Loudon Wainwright III John Scofield John Scofield/Pat Metheny Rinde Eckert Shweta Jhaveri Ani Choying Drolma/Steve Tibbetts Dino Saluzzi/Anthony Cox/David Friedman Gabriela Vinicius Cantuária Viktor  Krauss Dave Holland Hank Jones/Dave Holland/Billy Higgins John Abercrombie Joey Baron Charlie Hunter T. J. Kirk Marc Johnson Jerry Granelli Crooked Still Jonah Smith Doug Wamble Dusan Bogdanovic Quentin Dujardin David Soler Denga Kalaban Coura Blame Sally Noe Venable Real Vocal String Quartet Paul Sprawl Will Bernard Pothole Stephen Yerkey Zubot and Dawson Laughing Stock Fred Hersch/Bill Frisell Living Daylights