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Release Date: 2012

Cast: Eric Clapton, Thomas J. Dowd, Joe Bonnamassa, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Les Paul

Categories: Movies, Instrumental Music, Documentary, Biography, Music, Rockumentary

Tom Dowd and the Language of Music is a documentary profiling the life and 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 provide insight into the life of Tom Dowd, whose creative spirit and passion for innovative technology helped shape the course of modern music. It was a 2005 Grammy award nominee. A long-time engineer and producer for Atlantic Records, Tom Dowd was responsible for some of the most important R&B, rock, and jazz records ever... MORE

Tom Dowd and the Language of Music is a documentary profiling the life and 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 provide insight into the life of Tom Dowd, whose creative spirit and passion for innovative technology helped shape the course of modern music. It was a 2005 Grammy award nominee. A long-time engineer and producer for Atlantic Records, Tom Dowd was responsible for some of the most important R&B, rock, and jazz records ever made. In his own words, Tom Dowd relates how he went from working on the Manhattan Project as rising physicist, while still high school age, to recording some of the greatest music ever made over the last half of the 20th Century. His technical genius opened the door to modern music and made the studio a crucial element in the formula of musical artistry. His use of the multitrack eight-track tape recorder at Atlantic Records in the late 50s not only added an amazing dimension to the sound of music (he's also credited with taking music recording from monaural to stereo), it also gave musicians and LESS