A Legend Finally Gets His Due As Palm Pictures Proudly Announces A Grammy Nomination For TOM DOWD & THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC; Mark Moormann Directed Film Documents The Life Of Pioneering Engineer/Producer Who Helped So Many Others Win Grammys.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Palm Pictures, Chris Blackwell's audio/visual entertainment company is pleased to announce that TOM DOWD Tom Dowd (October 20, 1925 - October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multi-track recording method. & THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC has been nominated for a 2005 Grammy(R) Award for Best Long Form Video. The award-winning, critically-acclaimed film is a compelling look at the life, times, and accomplishments of Dowd, a recording business pioneer who produced some of the most important R&B, rock, and jazz records Jazz Records is a United States jazz record company specialising in the issue of previously unreleased recordings from the family archive of jazz pianist Lennie Tristano. See also
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his stage name Ray Charles, was a pioneering American pianist and soul musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. , John Coltrane “Coltrane” redirects here. For other uses, see Coltrane (disambiguation). John William Coltrane (September 23 1926 – July 17 1967), nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. , Thelonious Monk, The Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Otis Redding, Les Paul, and countless other music giants, that Dowd engineered, produced, and inspired. Appropriately, Dowd's nomination comes in the same year that Ray Charles receives a posthumous nomination for Genius Loves Company, as Dowd worked so closely with Ray on many of his most important recordings. The NY Times wrote of Dowd, "In a world of singers, an unsung Hero." This Grammy nomination goes a long way toward garnering Dowd the public recognition he so richly deserves. Hailed by Premiere Magazine as "Inspired and inspiring," the film was an Official Selection at the 2003 Toronto Film Festival, SXSW SXSW South By Southwest, Inc. (Texas music festival) Film Festival, and Sundance Film Festival, where it was also nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. TOM DOWD & THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC was released in theaters in August 2004 and is now available on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. . Other titles nominated in this category include, Coldplay Live 2003, Concert For George and Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues - A Musical Journey. TOM DOWD & THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC is currently available on DVD for $19.99. Special features include over 80 minutes of bonus footage, which include deleted scenes, 5.1 mix and bonus interview clips with musical legends such as Eric Clapton, Ray Charles, The Allman Brothers Band, and Phil Ramone among others. This marks Palm Pictures' third Grammy nomination - the quintessential documentary of BOB MARLEY, REBEL MUSIC and 1 GIANT LEAP were previously nominated in the long form video category. |
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