Tom Dowd & the Language of Music

Name: Tom Dowd & the Language of Music
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: January 16, 2004
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Aretha Franklin, John Coltrane, Ray Charles

2004

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Palm Pictures | Release Date: January 16, 2004 | Unrated

Starring: Aretha Franklin, John Coltrane, Ray Charles

Summary: This documentary profiles the life and work of a man whose personal history reflects the evolution of modern music and recording technology: legendary producer/recording engineer Tom Dowd.

Director: Mark Moormann

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 82 min

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Tim Merrill

Music fans of every stripe should kill to see this film, one of the very best music documentaries in recent years. Read full review

Hazel-Dawn Dumpert

It makes a convincing argument that Dowd's personal history is a kind of history of the 20th century itself, encompassing the era's art, science, commerce and politics. Read full review

David Rooney

Dowd's graciousness and enthusiasm, and the enormous respect afforded him by industryites on record here, make this a thorough and satisfying acknowledgement of one man's unique contribution to popular music. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Moormann deserves credit, not only for choosing a wonderful and deserving subject for a film, but for doing him proud. Read full review

Stephen Holden

The man who emerges is a likable, unpretentious musical enthusiast and roll-up-your-sleeves problem-solver who apparently led a charmed life. Read full review

Steve Morse

Sometimes it gets into arcane talk of equipment that makes more sense for a Berklee College of Music engineering class than for a mass-market movie -- but as a probing look at a really nice-guy genius in the studio world, it succeeds admirably. Read full review

Bill White

Moormann's reverential documentary, seven years in the making, is most successful as a self-narrated autobiography. It fails, however, to deliver a balanced portrait of the man's life and work. Read full review

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