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| - مونتي كاي (بالإنجليزية: Monte Kay) هو منتج أسطوانات وملحن ومنتج تلفزيوني أمريكي، ولد في 18 سبتمبر 1924 في نيويورك في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 25 مايو 1988 في لوس أنجلوس في الولايات المتحدة. (ar)
- Monte Kay (September 18, 1924 – May 25, 1988) was an American musicians' agent and record producer. Kay acted as a talent scout and as the musical director of several night clubs on the New York jazz scene in the late 1940s and 1950s. According to some accounts, during those years some thought Kay was a Caucasian due to his fair-skin. Kay always referred to himself as African American although he could pass as Caucasian. In May and June 1945, Mal Braveman and Kay's New Jazz Foundation produced concerts at New York's Town Hall that included Dizzy Gillespie, Pearl Bailey, Erroll Garner, Don Byas, Charlie Parker, Max Roach and Sidney Catlett. As the artistic director of the Royal Roost (a jazz venue on 52nd Street) he succeeded in persuading the owner, Ralph Watkins, to hire Miles Davis' none (en)
- Monte Kay (New York, 18 settembre 1924 – Los Angeles, 25 maggio 1988) è stato un produttore discografico e produttore televisivo statunitense, fondatore e proprietario del famoso jazz club Birdland. Kay fu una figura di spicco sulla scena jazz di New York negli anni cinquanta, produttore - spesso in associazione con il famoso disc jockey Symphony Sid - di diversi concerti e di molti giovani musicisti. Come direttore artistico del Royal Roost convinse il proprietario, Ralph Watkins ad ospitare la Tuba Band, il nonetto con cui Miles Davis condusse il progetto di Birth of the Cool. (it)
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