Pressed for All Time [eBook - Biblioboard] : Producing the Great Jazz Albums from Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday to Miles Davis and Diana Krall

In histories of music, producers tend to fall by the wayside--generally unknown and seldom acknowledged. But without them and their contributions to the art form, we'd have little on record of some of the most important music ever created. Discover the stories behind some of jazz's best-selling and most influential albums in this collection of oral histories gathered by music scholar and writer Michael Jarrett. Drawing together interviews with over fifty producers, musicians, engineers, and label executives, Jarrett shines a light on the world of making jazz records by letting his subjects tell their own stories and share their experiences in creating the American jazz canon. Packed with fascinating stories and fresh perspectives on over 200 albums and artists, including legends such as Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis, as well as contemporary artists such as Diana Krall and Norah Jones, Pressed for All Time tells the unknown stories of the men and women who helped to shape the quintessential American sound. In histories of music and audio technologies, and particularly in narratives about jazz, record producers tend to fall by the wayside. They're seldom acknowledged and generally unknown. But without them and their contributions to the art form, we'd have little on record of some of the most important music ever created. This oral history-organizing interviews gathered by music scholar Michael Jarrett-tells the stories behind some of jazz's best-selling and most influential albums In histories of music, producers tend to fall by the wayside - generally unknown and seldom acknowledged. But without them, we'd have little on record of some of the most important music ever created. Discover the stories behind some of jazz's best-selling and most influential albums in this collection of oral histories gathered by music scholar and writer Michael Jarrett. Cover Frontmatter Contents Introduction Biographical Sketches Editor’s Note Cadenza: Don Schlitten on Producing Jazz Records 1 Cutting Sides: Producing 78-RPM Discs, 1936–1949 2 Rolling Tape: Producing Jazz LPs, 1950–1966 3 Laying Down Tracks: Producing Multitrack Recordings, 1967–1990 4 Recording to Hard Drive: Producing Digitally, 1991–2013 Coda Acknowledgments Index