Tom Dowd

2 weeks ago | trackingangle.com | Tom Dowd |Chris Bellman |Michael Fremer

mono mix is definitiveRhino Records' new Reserve series, sold direct from the Rhino online storeare cut from original master tapes by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing in Oxnard, CA. Most are not in the sonic realm of the "High Fidelity" series but most musically surely are, including this one. They cost $31.98, which, when taking inflation into account, means these sell for around $6.00 more than what they originally sold for.

Feb 12, 2025 | trackingangle.com | Tom Dowd |Ryan Smith |Joseph W. Washek

Reissued at 45 rpm in Atlantic 75 seriesOn January 15, 1959, when John Coltrane recorded the album Bags & Trane at Atlantic Studios in New York City with Milt Jackson, he was nearly at the end of the sideman-apprentice stage of his career. For two years, he had been playing with the Miles Davis Quintet/Sextet, one of the most successful groups in jazz. His time with Miles had been controversial.

Dec 12, 2023 | trackingangle.com | Tom Dowd |Kevin Gray |Michael Fremer

the arrangements supercharge a basic form Producer Nesuhi Ertegun suggested to Charles Mingus that he record a blues album. Obviously not a "my woman done up and left me" kind of "woe is me" blues album, but rather one that plied the dark, turbulent but often joyful waters in which Mingus navigated. In one interview with Ertegun Mingus said, “What I’m trying to play is very difficult, because I’m trying to play the truth of what I am.

Nov 2, 2023 | fastcompany.com | Tom Dowd

Seeking a new job in today’s job market is vastly different from applying even a few years ago. And the way we find jobs is very different, too. Today, there is a sea of online tools that can aggregate job postings for candidates like yourself, so finding them likely isn’t the issue. But decoding them may be.

Sep 12, 2023 | trackingangle.com | Rudy Van Gelder |Tom Dowd |Kevin Gray |Michael Fremer

"drawing room" jazz at its most enticingIn his Downbeat review of jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby's 1965 release "The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby" (Atlantic 1447), "K.D." wrote : "Flighty" has Miss Ashby gliding in a Wes Montgomery-like style of octave approach. But it's obviously very much her own creation." K.D. compares bassist Richard Davis to Segovia. What a well-written, perceptive and interesting review, I thought to myself.