Biography

Nesuhi Ertegun (record executive; November 26, 1917 – July 15, 1989) Nesuhi Ertegun spent most of his lifetime working at Atlantic Records and associated labels. He joined Atlantic in 1956, nine years after its founding by his brother Ahmet and Herb Abramson. Nesuhi initially developed Atlantic’s album department and built up the label’s extensive catalog of jazz albums. The list of jazz artists he produced at Atlantic over the years reads like a who’s who of the genre: John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, the Modern Jazz Quartet and more. Nesuhi also became involved with the label’s rhythm & blues ...