Thank you for the information, Norm.
Chuck
On Dec 16, 2006, at 6:18 AM, norm wrote:
If I am correct Mr. Tom Dowd passed away in Florida a couple of
years ago. There was a film of his life( sort of a sundance
festival type of thing) titled " a life in music" that bio'd his
career. Very interesting guy. As an aside to his musical career
with Atlantic, he was, during World War II, a member of the top
secret 'Manhattan Project' which eventually developed the atomic
bomb. If this film is still available it is well worth watching.
Norm
On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:09:01 -0800, Chuck Israels
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
About Ahmed Ertegun:
The Ertegun brothers (I knew Neshui better) were lovely people.
There are few left from this era. I have heard from Jerry Wexler,
one of the partners and producers at Atlantic (involved in Ray
Charles recordings for that label). He is living in Florida.
Don't know if their engineer, Tom Dowd, is still alive or not, but
the actor they got to play him in the "Ray" movie looked very much
the way I remember him as a young man.
Orrin Keepnews - the Riverside Records honcho who produced early
Bill Evans and many Monk recordings is living in San Francisco.
George Avakian is in his 80's, active, alert, and great to know.
I run into him from time to time, as we are both fans of Dave
Berger's Sultans of Swing, and we meet occasionally at their
performances. George was the producer responsible for the Miles
Davis/Gil Evans recordings on Columbia, financed largely from
profits from the international pop division, of which George was
in charge. It's hard to imagine my musical world had George not
had the vision to take that chance.
Would that I had had the perspective to recognize the
extraordinary commitment and courage of these people when I first
knew them.
Chuck
On Dec 15, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
I know there are many fans of Jazz on this list (and blues as
well):
"Ahmet Ertegun, Founding Chairman of Atlantic Records, passed
away on
December 14, 2006 in New York City at the age of 83. He had been
hospitalized with a head injury since October 29th, when he fell
backstage at a Rolling Stones concert at the Beacon Theatre in
Manhattan."
http://www.atlanticrecords.com has a wonderful tribute to Ahmet.
Kim Patrick Clow
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