Wexler has denied repeatedly that coercion was used in questioning.

Karns said it was a `` wrongful act '' for Wexler to take statements `` privately and outside of the grand jury room ''.

It was during this period that Partridge began a relationship with an American fan, Erica Wexler, the niece of famed American record producer Jerry Wexler.

The original cinematographer of The Conversation was Haskell Wexler.

The screenplay was reshaped significantly by the circle of talent who would eventually bring it to the screen: Fonda, Ashby, Wexler, Jon Voight, producer Hellman and screenwriters Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones.

Haskell Wexler was supposed to shoot The Last Detail but he could not get a union card for an East Coast production and so Ashby asked Nestor Almendros and Gordon Willis but they were both unavailable.

At one time considered by Jerry Wexler to be " the greatest male soul singer of all time ," Burke was " a singer whose smooth, powerful articulation and mingling of sacred and profane themes helped define soul music in the early 1960s.

" Atlantic Vice-President and producer Jerry Wexler admits that by this time he was feeling creatively exhausted, and feared the company might not survive.

According to Wexler: " Solomon Burke was the infusion of fresh energy I needed.

Meeting Burke " was not purely kismet ," as Wexler and Ertegun were aware of Burke and his talent, as " Wexler ’ s former mentor at Billboard, Paul Ackerman, had been urging him to sign Burke for several years ," but were waiting for Burke's contract with Apollo Records to expire.

" Burke sounded like a Baptist preacher in a country church, and for Wexler he was the first and possibly the greatest of all ' 60s soul men.

" In 2000 Wexler indicated: " Solomon was beautiful, baby.

" When recalling Burke's first recording session at Atlantic, Wexler added in 2002: " There was a blizzard the morning we were to do the first recording session with Solomon and I didn't know if I would be able to get into New York.

Burke's next " massive hit " was his cover of " If You Need Me " ( Atlantic 2185 ), which was recorded on March 15, 1963, which was written and recorded originally by Wilson Pickett for Lloyd Price's Detroit-based Double L Records, which had been rejected by Wexler, but who had purchased the publishing rights.

Burke recalled in 2003: " I was furious when Wexler rejected Pickett ", and " when radio personality the Magnificent Montague started spinning Pickett ’ s original version, Wexler rushed out Burke ’ s, with both in Billboards " Singles Review " column on April 13. and both featured on Billboard's " Artists ' Biographies " on May 4, 1963.

On May 28, 1964 Burke recorded two unreleased songs, and " Everybody Needs Somebody to Love " ( Atlantic 2241 ), that was also written by Burke ( but also credited to Bert Berns and Jerry Wexler ), which was Burke's most prominent bid for an enduring soul standard.

Burke claims he was the sole writer on the song but was talked into sharing credit by Wexler and Berns.

I played it to Jerry Wexler and Bert Berns, who thought that it was too fast, and had the wrong tempo.

After reading his statement discharging the 23d ward case, Karns told Wexler that if the seven cases scheduled for trial also involved persons who had been subpenaed, he would dismiss them.

" Wexler also describing the young Burke's vocal style as " churchy without being coarse.

" Despite his admiration for Burke, Wexler also described Burke as " a piece of work: wily, highly intelligent, a salesman of epic proportions, sly, sure-footed, a never-say-die entrepreneur ", while also branding him " a card-carrying fabulist.

Atlantic's Jerry Wexler also brought Wilson Pickett to record at Stax, though these songs were released on Atlantic.

As a Florida resident, Wexler does not pay personal income tax, and his vehicles are also registered in that state, despite his near-permanent residency in the Washington metropolitan area .< ref >

They also were reported to have spent $ 180, 000 to hire Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates to promote the ' use of commercial database.

This was somewhat controversial as Wexler also received credit on the film.

* Ghil ' ad Zuckermann compromises between Wexler and the majority view: according to him, " Israeli " ( his term for Israeli Hebrew ) is a Semito-European hybrid language, which is the continuation not only of literary Hebrew but also of Yiddish, as well as Polish, Russian, German, English, Ladino, Arabic and other languages spoken by Hebrew revivalists.

Dylan also approached Jerry Wexler to produce the upcoming sessions.

Entitled The Best of The Colbert Report, the three-hour disc contains two " The Wørd " segments ( including " Truthiness " from the first episode and " Wikiality "), one " Threat Down ", various " Better Know a District " segments ( including Robert Wexler ), and interviews with Bill O ' Reilly, Willie Nelson, and Jane Fonda ( also included is Fonda's appearance with Gloria Steinem in a segment called " Cooking with Feminists "), as well as the special segments " Green Screen Challenge ", " Stephen Jr. – Flight of a Patriot ", " Indecision 2006: Midterm Midtacular ", and Colbert's " Meta-Free-Phor-All " with Sean Penn.

It's been asserted that Page herself chose to record " Tennessee Waltz ," the C & W version being a favorite song of her father's, and also that Jerry Wexler, then a record reviewer for Billboard brought " Tennessee Waltz " to the attention of Page's manager, Jack Rael, by playing him a new R & B rendition by Erskine Hawkins.

Wexler was also featured on the soundtrack of the film Underground, recorded on Folkways Records in 1976.

Wexler has also directed fictional movies.

In 1988, Wexler won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for the John Sayles film Matewan, for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award.

Ultimately, Ebert credited Wexler with masterfully combining multiple levels of filmmaking to create a film that is " important and absorbing.

" Though half the finished picture was footage shot by Wexler, he received only credit for " additional photography ", much to his chagrin.

Among the additional materials featured on these re-releases are recordings from the Atlantic Records archives ; outtakes and alternate mixes from the Dusty in Memphis sessions, two tracks from a cancelled second album with Jerry Wexler recorded in 1969, tracks from a shelved second album with Gamble & Huff recorded in 1970 ( following A Brand New Me / From Dusty ... With Love ) and the intended Faithful album produced by Jeff Barry in 1971, which came to be Springfield's final recordings for the Atlantic label.

* 1922 – Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer

* February 6 – Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer

The Steadicam was first used in the Best Picture-nominated Woody Guthrie biopic Bound for Glory ( 1976 ), debuting with a shot that compounded the Steadicam's innovation: cinematographer Haskell Wexler had Brown start the shot on a fully elevated platform crane which jibbed down, and when it reached the ground, Brown stepped off and walked the camera through the set.

Almendros approached his friend and renowned cinematographer Haskell Wexler to complete the film.

Haskell Wexler was the original cinematographer, but was fired by Woody Allen after a week of filming as they couldn't agree on how to film certain shots, Wedigo von Schultzendorff replaced Wexler

Lee's films include Papakolea – Story of Hawaiian Land ( Academy Award winning cinematographer, Haskell Wexler ; Emmy winning writer / producer, Saul Landau ); Paniolo O Hawai ' i – Cowboys of the Far West, Waikiki – In the Wake of Dreams and The Hawaiians – Reflecting Spirit among other films.

Picnic ( 1955 ) features a very early example of the helicopter shot, filmed by the second-unit cinematographer, Haskell Wexler, and planned by Wexler and Howe.

* Haskell Wexler ( born 1922 ), American cinematographer and director

He attended the progressive Francis Parker School, where he was best friends with renowned cinematographer Haskell Wexler.

In 1963, Wexler served as the cinematographer on his first big-budget film, Elia Kazan's America, America.

Wexler was cinematographer of Mike Nichols ' screen version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Davis was mentored by acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler with whom he worked on Medium Cool and began his film career as a cameraman on blaxploitation films like The Hit Man, Cool Breeze and The Slams in the 1970s .< ref >