One little-known aspect of the career of composer Earle Brown is that he was also a leading engineer in the recording industry who worked his way from being a lowly tape cutter to a technician who helped make the recordings of artists such as Ray Charles, John Lewis, and Art Blakey sparkle. Ultimately, he realized that if he were going to devote himself more fully to the discipline of composition -- in which Brown was already an acknowledged innovator -- he would have to give up his career as an engineer. However, while ...
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One little-known aspect of the career of composer Earle Brown is that he was also a leading engineer in the recording industry who worked his way from being a lowly tape cutter to a technician who helped make the recordings of artists such as Ray Charles, John Lewis, and Art Blakey sparkle. Ultimately, he realized that if he were going to devote himself more fully to the discipline of composition -- in which Brown was already an acknowledged innovator -- he would have to give up his career as an engineer. However, while still gainfully employed in that realm Brown took the initiative to combine business with pleasure through producing and engineering 18 highly quality albums of contemporary music between 1961 and 1973. Referred to collectively as the "Contemporary Sound Series," these releases were issued on Time Records, and later Time Mainstream LPs. In this period, many contemporary music LPs were catch-as-catch-can affairs, performed frequently by artists who didn't understand the music well and...
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Add this copy of Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series 2 / Various to cart. $31.58, new condition, Sold by Importcds rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sunrise, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Wergo.
