Meet Tom Dowd
Tom Dowd may be the most influential person you have never heard of. He was a recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multi-track recording method. His career covered most of the 20th century and included a mind-blowing assortment of the greatest musicians ever. This lens is a tribute to Tom Dowd and his genius.
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Mastermind Behind "Layla" - Tom Dowd
Tom Dowd was a musician, engineer, producer, physicist, mathematician, and everyday genius. Along with Eric Clapton he discusses how the album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs came together with Clapton, Duane Allman, and Derick and the Dominos. Filmed at Criteria Studios in Miami, FL, Dowd is shown at work behind the soundboards and reflecting on his memorable career. Dowd, whose creative spirit and passion for innovative technology helped shape the course of modern music, takes the ...
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The Language of Music
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- Tom Dowd & the Language Of Music profiles the extraordinary life and legendary work of music producer/recording engineer Tom Dowd. Historical footage, vintage photographs and interviews with a who's who list of musical giants from the worlds of jazz, soul and classic rock shine a spotlight on the brilliance of Tom Dowd, whose creative spirit and passion for innovative technology helped shape the course of modern music.
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- Recording engineer Barry Rudolph displays his vast career and history by way of a comprehensive discography and dozens of in-studio stories about all the famous people he has recorded. There are also many useful technical tables and information for the beginner and expert recording engineer.
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- The recording world lost one of its true giants when legendary engineer, producer and audio innovator Tom Dowd succumbed to emphysema on October 27 at the age of 77.
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- Born: Oct 20, 1925 in New York City Died: Oct 27, 2002 in Aventura, Florida Tom Dowd Genre: Rock Active: '40s - '80s Instrument: Producer, Engineer
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- Tom Dowd, a recording engineer and producer who created some of the greatest pop, jazz, and rock recordings of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, and who ushered in the era of multi-track tape recording and stereo playback, died Sunday, October 27 of emphysema at an assisted living center in Aventura, Florida.
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- Pitchfork are streaming a documentary (for a few more days) on the amazing life of Tom Dowd,music producer,recording engineer.There's wonderful footage of Aretha, Ray Charles,John Coltrane, Otis and many others. Enjoy. ...
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- Rising quick through the ranks, Joel, along with Nesuhi and Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin and Tom Dowd became part of the most formidable record producing team of all time. Focusing primarily on jazz and R&B recordings, ...
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- David David Sep 26, 2008 @ 1:52 pm
- Dowd was indeed a genius, and you were brushed with it, BigJim!
A couple more links: a two-part interview from Mix Online:
Part One:
http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_tom_dowd_look/index.html
Part Two:
http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_tom_dowd_part/index.html
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- BigJim BigJim Jun 27, 2008 @ 11:26 am
- Tom Dowd was a genius and an exceptional man. I was fortunate enough to get to know him and even work in the studio with him. I'll look forward to more info on him in this lens.
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