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Gil Askey is an American musician, composer, arranger, and producer. He is best known for his work with Motown Records, where he served as musical director for the label from 1964 to 1972. He has also worked with a variety of other artists, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and The Temptations. Askey was born in Austin, Texas, and began ...
Apr 10, 2014 · Native Austinite Gil Askey, a composer, arranger and trumpeter who spent much of the 1960s and ’70s as musical director for many of Motown’s biggest acts, including the Supremes, the...
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Gilbert Askey (March 9, 1925 – April 9, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, producer, and musical director who was born in Austin, Texas and emigrated to Australia in 1988. Personal life. Askey was born in Austin, Texas, on March 9, 1925, but left at the age of 17. He completed two years of university on a medical scholarship.
Aug 25, 2007 · Gilbert Askey thought he would retire from being a professional musician when he moved to Australia in the 1980s, but he still plays trumpet and passes on his enthusiasm for jazz to students today ...
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d. 9th April 2014, Melbourne, Australia. Gil Askey is very much an unsung genius in the Soul Music genre. He was an accomplished musician, composer, producer, and musical director. Gil Askey was born in Austin, Texas in 1925. He grew up in East Austin, and attended the L.C. Anderson High School.
Apr 11, 2014 · by Michael P. Coleman Gil Askey, Motown’s legendary musical conductor & arranger whose accomplishments include helping to create “the Motown sound” and working with the legendary Diana Ross, The Supremes, The Temptations and the Four Tops, died Wednesday at his home in Melbourne, Australia at age 88. Askey began as a jazz artist and worked...
Apr 11, 2014 · Jazz trumpeter, award-winning record producer and arranger GIL ASKEY has died in Melbourne, Australia. He was 89. Askey was born in Austin Texas in 1925 and after mastering the trumpet (he was inspired by Louis Armstrong) he soon found work with many of the great jazz bands of the 40s, 50s and 60s.
