Sorry about the incorrect link, this should work better: Tom Dowd.
Must See Movie About Music
If you have any interest in post WW2 popular American music, then you must see "Tom Dowd & the Language of Music". Tom Dowd was the house engineer at Atlantic records and was there at the beginning of rock 'n roll. He also worked with numerous jazz giants (Coltrane, Ornette, MJQ, Mingus, etc.). The film contains great interviews about how the music was recorded and tons of film clips of actual performances.
BTW, his contribution to popular music happened after he graduated from Columbia U. with a degree in physics and his role in the early stages of the Manhattan Project and other nuclear weapons research.
BTW, his contribution to popular music happened after he graduated from Columbia U. with a degree in physics and his role in the early stages of the Manhattan Project and other nuclear weapons research.