In the 60s, musicians left new orleans, major labels lost interest, and motown and memphis took over the black music charts. Working from a tiny studio, cosimo developed a bass and drumheavy sound, with light horns and prominent vocals and piano, that propelled several local boys onto the world stage. This collection provides a great overview of everything that was going on in nonjazz new orleans music from 1950 to 1956. Click download file button or copy cosimo matassa story url which shown in textarea when you clicked file title, and paste it into your browsers address bar. It may not the full cosimo matassa story but its certainly a great sampler of cosimo matassa s work. Listen to rockin at cosmos by lee allen on slacker radio and create personalized radio stations based on your favorite artists, songs, and albums. New downloads are added to the member section daily and we now have 344,125 downloads for our members, including. The cosimo matassa story on proper records mississippi. Crescent city legends fats domino, professor longhair, roy brown, guitar slim.
Cd cover, the cosimo matassa story, a 4 cd set on proper records. Cosimo, a specialty publisher, presents books that inspire. I wouldnt write this the same way now, it reads a bit dry and formulaic, but the interviews i did with him meant a lot to me and i wanted to put his words. Jul 15, 2017 in new orleans, theres a piece of music history around every corner a group of nola music lovers has created a closer walk, an interactive map of landmarks like the birthplace of jazz, a. The cosimo matassa story the essential tracks 2lp 180g vinyl genre rocknroll geschwindigkeit 33 umin plattengro.
Cosimo matassa, the legendary recording engineer and studio owner who helped introduce and shape new orleans early rhythm and blues and rock n roll sound and was inducted. New orleans recording engineer cosimo matassa turned 86 on friday, and saturday he was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. Various the cosimo matassa story volume 2 gumbo ya ya. Encompassing artists like little richard, fats domino, lloyd price, art neville, huey piano smith and many more, this 4cd compilation is bursting with monster hits that.
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Sep 14, 2014 cosimo matassa, whose usedrecord business in new orleans led him to sell new records, which led him to open a tiny studio that helped jumpstart rock n roll by recording early hits by the. Franco cosimo panini publisherwwf 3layer 3zip pencil case set. In next page click regular or free download and wait certain amount of time usually around 30 seconds until. Download va the cosimo matassa story volume 2 gumbo ya. Va the cosimo matassa story 4cd box set 2007 lossless. Jan 23, 2015 in the 60s, musicians left new orleans, major labels lost interest, and motown and memphis took over the black music charts. Cosimo, a specialty publisher, presents literary treasures rediscovered, public reports that affect your world, and new books that inspire, inform, and engage readers worldwide. The 80 year old grocer was once the engineer and proprietor of jm studios on rampart street that between. Download va the cosimo matassa story 2007 softarchive. Cosimo matassa recorded nearly all the new orleans r b and rock n roll classics that emanated from one of his four recording studios. Producer cosimo matassa always believed in new orleans wbur. Jan 23, 2015 producer cosimo matassa always believed in new orleans in the 60s, musicians left new orleans, major labels lost interest, and motown and memphis took over the black music charts. Cosimo, cos to his friends, tells the story of his musical role best in his own words, so heres a conversation filmed by our friend gary hartley of grewvia. This is my masters thesis on cosimo matassa, which was the first long form piece of writing id ever done, in 2003.
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