In One Ear and in the Other: Memories of 48 Years in Recording

April 18,1951. That's when my life in recording began. After a few months I started to realize that being a recording engineer was a dead-end job. Now, after more than forty-six years I'm still thinking about it. However, when I recall some of the people I've worked with and recorded, I realize how rewarding those years were. Some of the names will probably be a complete mystery to the younger members of the Internet world, but I'm sure a few of them will peak some interest. Never having kept a diary, I had to search my memory. Here are a few that came to Ray Barretto, Dick Haymes, Boris Karloff, Archie Blyer, Carlos Ramirez, Organist Ethel Smith-Hildegarde, Thelonious Monk, Billy Taylor, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Gerry Mulligan, Buddy Holly, James Brown, Maxine Sullivan, Jerry Masucci, Max Morath, Toshiko Akioshi, Della Reese, Coleman Hawkins, Juanita Hall, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Alan King, Professor Irwin Corey -Myles Davis, Mercer Ellington, Lightnin' Hopkins, The Cadillacs, Tito Puente, Johnny Pacheco, Celia Cruz, Johnny Tillotson, Willie Colon, Larry Harlow, Doc Pomus, Jimmy Van Heusen, Joe Bushkin, Wilbert Harrison, Sonora Matancera Orch, Jose Torres, Light-heavyweight Champ Solomon Burke, Dick Shawn, The Del Rubio Triplets, Jean Sheppard, Doc Cheatham, Ellie Greenwich, Quincy Jones, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Leonard Feather -Ruth Brown, The Coasters, Frankie Avalon, Victor Jory, Cantor David Kousevitsky, Papo Lucca, Art Farmer, Eddie Palmieri, Charlie Palmiere, Panama Francis, The Ward Singers, Marion Williams, Rev. James Cleveland, Tobacco heiress Doris Duke, Cannonball Adderly, Phil Woods, Ron Carter, Paquito D'Rivera, Hector Lavoe, Milt Hinton, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Betty Carter, Lieber and Stoller, Creed Taylor, Ahmet Ertigen, Phil Everly, Don Elliot, Zoot Sims, Nappy Brown, Tito Rodriguez, Folk singer Josh White, Ruben Blades -Mario Bauza, La Lupe, Dave Valentine, Ismael Rivera, Cy Coleman, Will Jordan, "Chocolate", I