Must See Movie About Music


If you have any interest in post WW2 popular American music, then you must see "Tom Dowd & the Language of Music". Tom Dowd was the house engineer at Atlantic records and was there at the beginning of rock 'n roll. He also worked with numerous jazz giants (Coltrane, Ornette, MJQ, Mingus, etc.). The film contains great interviews about how the music was recorded and tons of film clips of actual performances.

BTW, his contribution to popular music happened after he graduated from Columbia U. with a degree in physics and his role in the early stages of the Manhattan Project and other nuclear weapons research.
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thanks, Zaikesman!...while not completely intentional, I wonder sometimes myself...there were lots of nuggets in the Tom Dowd story and I'm always interested in music production as well as the finished product...Tom was certainly involved with a wide range of interesting artists...talk about right place/right time...I would have enjoyed sitting in on some of those sessions!