2010/08/09

COSIMO MATASSA RECALLS ENGINEERING THE SOUND OF NEW ORLEANS

Born 13 April 1926, New Orleans, Louisiana. He 'invented' R&R together with Fats Domino in 1949

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As a self-taught engineer and studio operator, Matassa, 83, was pivotal in developing the New Orleans sound during the fertile rock and R&B era of the '50s and '60s. He has a more modest take.

"There were great musicians everywhere you turned," he says. "They made me look good."

7/17/2009