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Michael Omartian

Michael (*1945 in Evanston, IL) is a singer-songwriter, arranger, keyboardist, and music producer. He was a founding member of the 1970s disco-funk band Rhythm Heritage, and he also played as a session musician for artists including Koinonia, Steely Dan, The Four Tops, Johnny Rivers, Seals and Crofts, Al Jarreau, and Loggins & Messina. Michael has recorded a number of highly polished contemporary Christian music albums under his own name. In 1980, thanks to the Christopher Cross debut album, Omartian was nominated for ten Grammy Awards, winning three, including Producer of the Year.

In 2003, Omartian scored an audio book rendition of the biblical gospels, called Gospels Come to Life. The audio Bible was read by fellow CCM writer/musician Michael W. Smith, based on musical ideas by Smith. Michael is the first producer in recording history to have number-one records in three separate decades-the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. He has been nominated for Producer of the Year three times, in 1980, 1984, and 1986. In 1991 he was nominated for Album of the Year for Heart in Motion by Amy Grant. In 1995 he was nominated for Country Song of the Year for "When Love Finds You," with Vince Gill, and for Gospel Album of the Year for The Light Inside, with Gary Chapman. In 1994 Omartian produced One Voice, an album for the Summer Olympic Games.

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Very Rare WB 2XS 6483 released 1973 recorded in Hollywood, CA/USA	T-Bone Walker, guitar, vocals Joe Farrell, tenor sax, flute David "Fathead" Newman, tenor sax Frank Vicari, tenor sax, flute Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax Seldon Powell, baritone sax, flute Al Cohn, sax Zoot Sims, sax Garnett Brown, trombone Paul Faulise, trombone Michael Gibson, trombone Tony Studd, trombone Jon Faddis, trumpet Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet Marvin Stamm, trumpet, flugelhorn Danny Stiles, trumpet, flugelhorn Herbie Mann, alto flute Richard Bennett, guitar Louie Shelton, guitar Ben Benay, banjo, guitar, harmonica Larry Carlton, guitar Dean Parks, guitar David T. Walker, guitar John Tropea, guitar, sitar Charles Brown, organ, piano Mike Stoller, piano Michael Omartian, organ Warren Bernhardt, clavinet James Booker, keyboards, piano Jerry Lacroix, harmonica string section Max Bennett, bass Wilton Felder, bass Joe Osborn, bass Jim Gordon, drums Paul Humphrey, drums King Errisson, congas, tambourine The Sweet Inspirations, vocals
His California Album Dunhill Records DSX-50163 recorded in Los Angeles, CA/USA released 1974	Bobby Blue, vocals Ben Benay, guitar David Cohen, guitar Dean Parks, guitar Larry Carlton, guitar Mel Brown, guitar Chuck Findley, horns Dick Hyde, horns Ernie Watts, horns Jack Kelson jr, horns Paul Hubinon, horns The Sid Sharp Strings Michael Omartian, piano, organ Ed Greene, drums
Dreamer Dunhill Records DSX-50169 recorded in Los Angeles, CA/USA released 1974	Bobby Bland, vocals Ernie Watts, horns Jim Horn, horns John Kelson, horns Lew McCreary, horns Paul Hubinon, horns Peter Christlieb, horns Tony Terran, horns Ben Benay, guitar Dean Parks, guitar Larry Carlton, guitar Michael Omartian, piano, organ, clavinet. synthesizer The Sid Sharp Strings Wilton Felder, bass Ed Greene, drums
White Horse Dunhill Records DSX-50185 released 1974	Michael Omartian, keyboards, percussion, vocals Jackie Kelso, sax Don Menza, sax Paul Hubinon, horn, trumpet Dean Parks, flute, guitar Larry Carlton, guitar, bass Jesse Ehrlich, cello Sid Sharp, strings Wilton Felder, bass David Hungate, bass David Kemper, drums Ed Greene, drums King Errisson, congas, percussion Pat Henderson, vocals Stormie Omartian, vocals Ann White, vocals Carolyn Willis, vocals

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