Among my post last week, I received a nice care package from Ace Records that included one quite weird Duke Ellington album ("My People"); Volume 3 of their "Where Country Meets Soul" series (I cannot ...

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 into the Rock and Roll ...

Cosimo Matassa, the New Orleans studio owner and recording engineer who helped craft timeless recordings by Fats Domino, Little Richard, Irma Thomas, Professor Longhair, Lee Dorsey, Lloyd Price, Aaron ...

Visitation and funeral arrangements for Cosimo Matassa — the New Orleans studio owner and engineer who recorded national and regional hits by Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Irma Thomas, Art and Aaron ...

Cosimo Matassa, the studio owner and engineer whose Cosimo Recording Studio played host to some of the most important recordings of the early rock era, has passed away at the age of 88. "I always ...

Fats Domino listens to a recording with co-writer, musician and arranger Dave Bartholomew, right, at Cosimo Matassa's recording studio in New Orleans, about 1956. This one’s for the record geeks. Over ...

Cosimo Matassa, the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame recording engineer and New Orleans studio owner who set the stage for classic recordings by the likes of Fats Domino, Little Richard, Ray Charles and ...

The New Orleans community will remember Cosimo Matassa Tuesday, a man who made his reputation for the New Orleans' sound behind the studio glass.Watch reportMatassa passed away Thursday, Sept. 11 at ...

WEBVTT HIS REPUTATION FOR THE NEWORLEANS' SOUND BEHIND THESTUDIO GLASS... COSIMO MATASSA.MATASSA WAS A GROCER-TURNED-RECORDIN G STUDIO OWNERRIGHT HERE IN THE CRESCENT CITYDURING THE RISE OF ...

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 into the Rock and Roll ...