Interview with Steve Epstein, March 9, 1999
Project: Chasing Sound Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In this interview with music producer Steve Epstein, Epstein talks about recording jazz musician Wynton Marsalis utilizing wax cylinder recording. He then talks about working with various sound engineers. Epstein also talks about the difficulties in combining the artistic and technological sides of audio engineering. He ends the interview with a discussion of the importance of interpersonal skills in music producing.Interview Accession
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Sound--Recording and reproducing Sound--Recording and reproducing--History Sound recording industry Sound recording industry--History Sound recordings Music History of science and technology Epstein, Steve Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Jazz music Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- Record labelsInterview Rights
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Epstein, Steve Interview by Susan Schmidt Horning. 09 Mar. 1999. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Epstein, S. (1999, March 09). Interview by S. S. Horning. Chasing Sound Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Epstein, Steve, interview by Susan Schmidt Horning. March 09, 1999, Chasing Sound Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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