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{{short description|American musician and actor}}
{{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist
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| imagename = John Lissauer
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| birth_place = [[Summit, New Jersey]], [[United States]]U.S.
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| occupation = [[Composer]], [[Record producer|producer]], [[performer]]
| associated_acts = [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Bette Midler]], [[Whitney Houston]], [[Luther Vandross]], [[Air Supply (band)|Air Supply]], [[Manhattan Transfer (band)|Manhattan Transfer]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.johnlissauer.com}}
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'''John Lissauer ''' is aan American [[composer]], [[Record producer|producer]], and [[performer]]. He grew up in [[Hauppauge, New York|Hauppauge]], Long Island. At the age of 19, he arranged the first recordings of [[Al Jarreau]].<ref name="livingston">{{cite news |last1=Livingston |first1=Barbara N. |title=It's Loverly -- 'My Fair Lady' Estate for Sale |work=The Journal News, White Plains NY |date=9 Aug 2014}}</ref> JohnLissauer went on to produce and arrange a pair of hugely successful [[Leonard Cohen]] albums., John produced and arrangedincluding the first, iconic recording ofsong "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]." Itwhich was alsoinducted featured ininto the film [[WatchmenGrammy Hall of Fame]]. Inin 2019.<ref name="hertweck">{{cite web |last1=Hertweck |first1=Nate |title=Nina Simone, JohnTom wasPetty inductedRecordings intoAmong the2019 [[GrammyGRAMMY Hall ofOf Fame]] Inductions |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/nina-simone-tom-petty-recordings-among-2019-grammy-hall-fame-inductions|website=grammy.com |accessdate=24 January 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/rockland/article/Peter-Calo-And-Anne-Carpenter-Perform-The-Sounds-Of-Joni-Mitchell-Paul-Simon-At-WCT-20190920|title=Peter Calo And Anne Carpenter Perform The Sounds Of Joni Mitchell & Paul Simon At WCT|date=20 Sep 2019|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref> He has been a composer or music producer for producingrecord albums, arrangingfilms, and conductingradio theand firstTV recordingcommercials. Lissauer received a [[Clio Awards|Clio]] "Campaign of "Hallelujahthe Decade" byaward for his work for [[LeonardPolaroid CohenCorporation|Polaroid]].<ref name=yarnell>{{Cite web|url=http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Westchester-Magazine/September-2019/The-Music-Man/|last=Yarnell | first=Laurie|title=This Local Musician Has Worked With Leonard Cohen, Whitney Houston, and Bette Midler|website=Westchester Magazine|date=26 August 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref>
<ref name="hertweck">{{cite web |last1=Hertweck |first1=Nate |title=Nina Simone, Tom Petty Recordings Among 2019 GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inductions |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/nina-simone-tom-petty-recordings-among-2019-grammy-hall-fame-inductions|website=grammy.com |accessdate=24 January 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/rockland/article/Peter-Calo-And-Anne-Carpenter-Perform-The-Sounds-Of-Joni-Mitchell-Paul-Simon-At-WCT-20190920|title=Peter Calo And Anne Carpenter Perform The Sounds Of Joni Mitchell & Paul Simon At WCT|date=20 Sep 2019|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref> Lissauer received a [[Clio Awards|Clio]] "Campaign of the Decade" award for his work for [[Polaroid Corporation|Polaroid]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Westchester-Magazine/September-2019/The-Music-Man/|title=This Local Musician Has Worked With Leonard Cohen, Whitney Houston, and Bette Midler|last=Yarnell|first=Laurie|website=Westchester Magazine|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref>
 
== Early life and education ==
John studied clarinet and saxophone with Joe Allard in NYC from 1961 through 1970. He attended Yale University and graduated Cum Laude in Music.{{cn|date=October 2019}}
 
Lissauer was raised in [[Hauppauge, New York]]. From age 11 until he graduated from [[Yale College]], Lissauer studied with [[Joseph Allard]] at the [[Juilliard School]]. Lissauer attended Yale University and graduated with honors in music.{{r|yarnell}}
==Select Composer/Production Discography==
 
== Career ==
 
Lissauer plays piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone. He began arranging music for [[Al Jarreau]] while still at Yale. He taught at Yale for a year, and then became a session piano player.{{r|yarnell}}
 
As a composer and music producer, he has worked with [[Al Jarreau]], [[Bette Midler]], [[Whitney Houston]], and [[Luther Vandross]].{{r|yarnell}}
 
In Canada to produce a record for [[Lewis Furey]], Lissauer was approached by Cohen at a Furey concert. The two met again several weeks later in New York to produce the ''[[New Skin for the Old Ceremony]]'' album.<ref name=leib>{{cite book | last=Leibovitz | first=Liel | title=A Broken Hallelujah : Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen | publication-place=New York | date=2014 | isbn=978-0-393-08205-0 | pages=188–190}}</ref> [[John Miller (musician)|John Miller]], who played bass on the album, described Lissauer's approach to music as "very particular, European, simple but complex, highly imaginative".{{r|reynolds|p=118}} ''New Skin for the Old Ceremony'' would make the Top Thirty in the United Kingdom.<ref name=evans>{{cite book | last=Evans | first=Mike | title=Leonard Cohen: An Illustrated Record | publisher=Plexus| year=2018 | isbn=9780859658690 | page=67}}</ref>
 
After the album was completed, Cohen appointed Lissauer as the musical director for his next two tours; Lissauer played piano, organ, saxophone, and percussion on the tours.{{r|reynolds|p=124}}
 
In 1983, Lissauer again worked with Cohen to produce the album ''[[Various Positions]]'', including the arrangement of "Hallelujah", which would go on to become one of the most recorded songs of its time. Disappointed when [[Columbia Records]] decided against a U.S. release of the album, Lissauer decided to focus his efforts on composing for films and TV.{{efn|''Various Positions'' was released a year later by an independent label.}}{{r|reynolds|pp=184-195}}
 
Although he had given up record producing, in 2006 Lissauer arranged several songs on ''[[Blue Alert (album)|Blue Alert]]'' by [[Anjani]] as a favor for Cohen.{{r|reynolds|p=279}}
 
In 2022, Lissauer appeared in the documentary ''Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song'', and composed the score.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=Daily Record | date=August 14, 2022 | pages=C1, C3 | last=Biese | first=Alex | title=NJ producer helped make Cohen's 'Hallelujah' a song everyone knows | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112813539/lissauer-aug-2022-daily-record/}}</ref>
 
== Personal life ==
Lissauer was married to Erin Dickins, with whom he restored an overgrown 35-acre property an hour north of New York City that had been owned previously by composer [[Frederick Loewe]].{{r|livingston}}{{r|yarnell}} In 1984, he married Lilian, with whom he had one son.{{r|yarnell}}
 
==Select composer/production discography==
{| class="wikitable"
! Artist
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| [[Leonard Cohen]]
| [[Various Positions]]
| Columbia
| Producer/Arranger/Performer
|-
| [[Leonard Cohen]]
| [[New Skin for the Old Ceremony ]]
| Columbia
| Producer/Arranger/Performer
|-
| [[Mary Fahl]]
| [[Love & Gravity]]
| BMI Publishing
| Producer/Arranger/Performer
|-
| [[Mary Fahl]]
| [[Four Sings]]
| BMI Publishing
| Producer/Arranger/Performer
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==Select Filmographyfilmography==
 
===Films===
 
*''Thre3boundThreebound'' (Exit 74 Productions)
*''[[David & Layla]]'' (Newroz Films)
*''Seven'' (Cecchi Gori Pictures)
*''[[The Last Godfather]]'' (TLG)
*''[[Watchmen (2009 film)|Watchmen]]'' (Warner Brothers)
*''[[That Thing You Do!]]'' (Clavius Base)
*''[[Pokémon: The First Movie]]'' (Oriental Light and Magic)
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*''L'Ange et la Femme'' (Films RSL)
*''[[Montreal Main]]'' (Canadian Film Development Corporation)
*''[[Beyond Paradise (film)|Beyond Paradise]]'' (New Roz Films)
*''[[Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1978 film)]]'' (Gulkin Productions)
*''[[Normande (film)|La Tete de Normande St. Onge]]'' (Cinépix)
*''[[Rosewater (film)|Rosewater]]'' (Busboy Productions)
*''Pikachu's Vacation'' (Kids' WB)
*''[[Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns]]'' (Anime World Osaka)
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*''[[Pokémon Detective Pikachu]]'' (Warner Brothers)
 
===Short Films films/ Documentariesdocumentaries===
 
*''Leonard Cohen: Dance Me to the End of Love'' (A-Acme Film Works)
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*''Crackshot Stu'' (Lawnrunner Films)
*''Clever Grete'' (Tabularassa Productions)
*'' Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song'' (Sony)
 
===Television===
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*''Flood: A River’s Rampage'' (Hallmark Entertainment)
*''An American Girl on the Home Front'' (American Girl)
*''[[Robotboy]]'' (Alphanim)
*''No Big Deal'' (Cinétudes Films)
*''Shinchan'' (JPS Producties; Shin Ei Animation; TV Asahi)
*''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' (Hanna-Barbera Productions)
 
===Self===
 
*''[[Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love]]'' (Sundance)
*''Leonard Cohen: Under Review 1934-19771934–1977'' (Chrome Dreams Media)
*''Hallelujah: It Goes Like This'' (Geller/Goldfine Productions)
*'' Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song'' (Sony)
 
== Notes ==
{{notelist}}
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}|refs=
<ref name=reynolds>{{cite book | last=Reynolds | first=Anthony | title=Leonard Cohen: A Remarkable Life | publisher=Omnibus Press | year=2010 | isbn=9781849381383 }}</ref>
}}
 
==External links==
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