American music producer who has been active since the '70s and has worked with Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed, Bill Frisell, Leon Redbone, Neville Brothers, William S. Burroughs, Gavin Friday, Lucinda Williams, Laurie Anderson and numerous tribute-albums such as "Amarcord Nino Rota", "Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill" and "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man".