After information of the loss of life of legendary music govt Jerry Moss on Wednesday (Aug. 16), lots of the artists he labored with over the many years shared remembrances and tributes.
Moss labored closest with Herb Alpert, with whom he co-founded A&M Data in 1962 as an unbiased music firm. The label was behind basic albums corresponding to Alpert’s Whipped Cream & Different Delights, Carole King’s Tapestry and Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive!, amongst many others. Alpert shared this straightforward assertion with Billboard on Wednesday: “I by no means met a nicer, trustworthy, delicate, good and proficient man then my companion Jerry Moss.”
Frampton shared his response to the information on X (previously Twitter), writing partially, “Jerry was a real gentleman and if it weren’t for him, so many lives may need turned out very in another way.”
Under, discover tributes from Amy Grant, Quincy Jones, the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame (which inducted Moss and Alpert in 2006) and extra.
Lucian Grainge (chairman and CEO, UMG): “Jerry Moss was one among music’s true pioneers and nice entrepreneurs with a novel imaginative and prescient for what a label must be and easy methods to construct trusting long-term relationships with artists. The unbiased spirit he and Herb Alpert championed at A&M Data is foundational to the tradition that powers UMG in the present day. On behalf of everybody at UMG, we provide our deepest condolences to his household.”
Amy Grant: “My first consciousness of A&M Data was seeing the enduring brand on the within of a Carole King file. A&M Data was recognized by all to be the “artist label” and it was a dream come true once they signed me. In attending to know Jerry Moss through the years, I used to be amazed by the breadth of his pursuits. Whether or not it was music, horse racing or trekking via Africa, excellence outlined all the things by which he invested his skills and passions. Jerry – I’ll keep in mind you.”
Herb Alpert: “I by no means met a nicer, trustworthy, delicate, good and proficient man then my companion Jerry Moss.”
Peter Frampton: “I’m so sorry to listen to Jerry Moss has left us. Jerry was a real gentleman and if it weren’t for him, so many lives may need turned out very in another way. He beloved nice music and went out of his solution to make a spot the place artists may discover themselves and create along with his beautiful encouragement and endurance. I really like you, Jerry, and my ideas are with spouse Tina and all the household. Relaxation now my pricey pal.”
Berry Gordy: Jerry Moss, my pricey pal of a few years, was actually a category act. I admired this man of nice honor and integrity. We got here up as unbiased file label homeowners at a time when huge firms have been squeezing out the little man. And we survived. At A&M, Jerry and his companion, Herb Alpert, have been sensible as they moved by means of the many years and amongst completely different genres of music.Jerry and I additionally shared a nice love of horse racing and we each cheered like loopy on the observe if the opposite one was in that winner’s circle. I’ll miss him. My condolences to his household and mates.
Quincy Jones: “Jerry Moss was the consummate music man, [whose] love of all genres of the art-form was unabashed. That was why once I determined to get off the soundstage and again into the recording studio in 1969, I knew there was just one file label for me to go to that may give me the inventive freedom that I used to be searching for, and that file label was A&M with Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. In my virtually 70 years within the music enterprise, I can say indisputably that my time at A&M was some of the artistically and professionally fulfilling instances of my life and I attribute that largely to the setting that Jerry created on that hallowed floor that was A&M Data. His spirit will reside on without end by means of the good data that he helped carry to the world.”
Sting: “A gentleman, a mentor, a pal, and completely irreplaceable. A devastating loss.”
Dionne Warwick: “One other of my pricey mates has made his transition. Jerry Moss was and can at all times be remembered as one which was at all times one of many kindest gents I had the pleasure of calling my pal. He cared about my wellbeing and whereas working as my promotion man at Scepter Data appeared to go the additional yard for me. I like so many others will certainly miss this Champion of a Man. Relaxation in Peace my Expensive Buddy.”
Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame: “In Memoriam: 2006 Inductee Jerry Moss based A&M Data in 1962 with companion Herb Alpert and led it to turn into probably the most profitable unbiased file firm in historical past. The corporate’s legendary tradition targeted on the artist first and have become a house for a lot of innovators to thrive, together with fellow Inductees Janet Jackson, Quincy Jones, Cat Stevens, Carole King, The Go-Go’s, and the Police.”
The Music Middle: “The Music Middle mourns the lack of Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Data, who handed away on Tuesday. Jerry was an unbelievable inspiration for artists and had a eager potential to assist them discover and hone their craft. His outstanding expertise and his partnership with Herb Alpert led to the creation of one of many file trade’s most profitable labels. The Music Middle may be very grateful for the longstanding help of Tina and Jerry Moss and honored to call our expansive plaza as Jerry Moss Plaza in 2020. Jerry was devoted to giving again to the neighborhood by supporting arts experiences that resonate within the hearts and minds of all Angelenos and meaningfully influence their lives. His inventive affect and enterprise savvy, together with the alternatives he supplied for quite a few terribly proficient artists, modified the course of music without end. That was his present to us all. We provide our heartfelt sympathies to Tina and all the Moss household.”
