Daniel Wittmer

Le Regard Libre N° 81 - Daniel Wittmer

Manager of many of the legendary music artists of the last fifty years, Raymond Gonzalez has nothing to promote or sell here: no album, no single, no show, no kamagong wood ashtray brought back from a Tibetan market in the summer of 1994. In addition to his immense generosity and exemplary courage, he is an outstanding producer. He was Nina Simone's manager for twenty years. It's worth its weight in peanuts just to say it, ladies and gentlemen. In the world of Music (don't insist, in this case, the capital M is absolutely essential), he is one of those rare beings in the shadows who have sometimes brought legendary celebrities into the world of jazz, blues, rhythm and blues and rock'n'roll. Born on November 13, 1946 in New York City, where he grew up