Three decades of good vibes. (profile of Quincy Jones-David Salzman Entertainment co-CEO David E. Salzman)(Fifth Estater)

Broadcasting & Cable, September, 1997 by Schlosser, Joe

David E. Salzman has been a producer, director, president, chairman and owner during his 32 years in the entertainment industry. At 52, he still wears most of those hats in one shape or another.

But Salzman, who has produced everything from the Academy Awards to syndicated talk show The Jenny Jones Show, might have been awaiting induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame rather than a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Salzman grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, N.Y., a few blocks from the baseball sandlot known as the Parade Grounds. Salzman was a pitcher in his day, and played with the likes of Joe Torre, Rico Petrozelli and others who made it to the big leagues. Salzman himself was offered minor-league contracts by the St. Louis...

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