Muslim + Jew + Black = Great Music for All (Ahmed Ertegun)

There are examples of successful cross cultural collaboration. The NY Times obituary of Ahmed Ertegun today offers such an example:

"Mr. Ertegun’s music partnerships, he sometimes pointed out, were often culturally triangular. He was Turkish and a Muslim by birth. Many of his fellow executives, like the producer Jerry Wexler, were Jewish. The artists they produced, particularly when the label began, were black. Together, they helped move rhythm and blues to the center of American popular music."

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