Tom Dowd & the language of music / a Language of Music Film ; a film by Mark Moormann ; directed & produced by Mark Moormann ; producers, Scott L. Gordon, Mark Hunt.

Profiles the life and work of music producer/recording engineer Tom Dowd. Featuring music and appearances by Les Paul, Eric Clapton, John Coltrane, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Ornette Coleman and other musical luminaries.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Author: Palm Pictures
Other Authors: Dowd, Tom, 1925-2002
Moorman, Mark
Gordon, Scott L.
Hunt, Mark L.
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: New York : Palm Pictures, 2003.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Genre:
Physical Description:1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Variant Title:
Tom Down and the language of music.
Language of music.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Who's Tommy Dowd?
  • State-of-the-art, 1947
  • A master of mixing
  • Putting Atlantic on the map
  • Funky soulful records
  • Atomic research
  • Recording in stereo
  • Les Paul & the 8-track
  • Ray Charles
  • The 60th Street Studio
  • Stax Records
  • Aretha Franklin
  • Eric Clapton
  • The Allman Brothers Band
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Mixing Layla
  • Digital recording.