"It was a really weird thing 'cause it was
recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio where
a lot of the Blue Note records were
recorded. It was probably the most famous
studio in jazz. But I heard so many horror
stories about recording there, how Rudy
wouldn't let you play the piano to warm
up. But I didn't believe it until I got there. I
went over and got on the electric piano and
I had my headphones on and I hear
someone saying "Donald!" And it scared me.
"Donald, would you please not play the
piano." And I thought, man, this cat's
tripping. He didn't want to take a chance
with the acoustic piano getting out of tune,
but this is electric. I found later from some
of the other people, like [guitarist] Kevin
Eubanks. He told me, "Man, don't feel bad.
I've been recording here for years, and he's
just an asshole." I'd heard bad stories about
how he was a control freak, runs the studio
like your mother with the living room.
She's got plastic on stuff and she doesn't
want to get it dirty. But it's probably the
most famous studio in jazz, so he feels like
if you come up here for his sound, you put
up with his crap."........Donald Brown.
I always make sure my piano is LOCKED before I let jazz musicians come around. And my Calvados
BN.
recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio where
a lot of the Blue Note records were
recorded. It was probably the most famous
studio in jazz. But I heard so many horror
stories about recording there, how Rudy
wouldn't let you play the piano to warm
up. But I didn't believe it until I got there. I
went over and got on the electric piano and
I had my headphones on and I hear
someone saying "Donald!" And it scared me.
"Donald, would you please not play the
piano." And I thought, man, this cat's
tripping. He didn't want to take a chance
with the acoustic piano getting out of tune,
but this is electric. I found later from some
of the other people, like [guitarist] Kevin
Eubanks. He told me, "Man, don't feel bad.
I've been recording here for years, and he's
just an asshole." I'd heard bad stories about
how he was a control freak, runs the studio
like your mother with the living room.
She's got plastic on stuff and she doesn't
want to get it dirty. But it's probably the
most famous studio in jazz, so he feels like
if you come up here for his sound, you put
up with his crap."........Donald Brown.
I always make sure my piano is LOCKED before I let jazz musicians come around. And my Calvados
BN.
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