Bill Evans, etc. recordings at Tommy Nola & Nola's Penthouse Studio in NYC, early 60s - Any info?

How often do you encounter Tommy Nola's name as an engineer on jazz recordings? I often do and I always find the sound uniformly relaxed and natural, with a nicely painted stereo image. I'm looking for more info on the man and his studio but couldn't find much on the internet, except this bit by engineer Glen Kolotkin:

Are there any photos from this studio? Do any of you know anything about it?

Here's some of the LPs recorded there:
Bill Evans - Interplay *I know Steve mastered this for 45-r.p.m. Was the master tape indeed 2-track?
Art Farmer - Modern Art
Ahmad Jamal at the Penthouse
Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights
Roland Kirk - We Free Kings & Domino
Art Farmer/Benny Golson - Meet the Jazztet
Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
Milt Jackson - Bags' Opus
Benny Golson - Free
Randy Weston - African Cookbook

 

Right after posting this, I remembered I had the Jazztet Mosaic Set. Duh!
I scanned some of the photos.





This was the cover for "Meet the Jazztet". It's staged and all mics are gone, but you can see part of the studio in color, including the bright yellow curtain behind the drums.

 

bumpty dumpty?

 

OK... I don't have the Interplay record, and I LOVE Evans, so I must have it... but which one? The SACD is 80 bucks on Amazon, but I wouldn't pay that for any audio recording. What about the Interplay Sessions collections?

 

That's what I like to hear! Thanks.

 

I am listening to the SHM-SACD. One of my favorites. Sounds great. A look at the data shows audio out to 30 khz, of course past then the Delta Sigma noise takes over. There is also an interesting hump in the ultrasonic noise that I have come to associate with DSD processing... probably Sonoma DSD-Wide. Still, sounds very, very nice.

I see where Acoustic Sounds has it for a hefty sum. I didn't pay near that much for it. I would definitely buy the vinyl before I paid that price!

'Know What I Mean' is outstanding! I have it on SACD too.. Analogue Productions.

 

The DCC sounds much better IMHO. It's one of those 2002 AP SACDs where Doug Sax added reverb or didn't use the dry master tapes. The SACD sounds more veiled and distant compared to the DCC

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threa...now-what-i-mean-ap-sacd-vs-dcc-gold-cd.97726/

 

I can't say otherwise, since I haven't heard the CD mastering. But, without any reference for comparison, the SACD sounds quite good to me. Same for Interplay on SHM-sacd. Can't say the same for all SHM-SACD's. Actually, I typically prefer MoFi or AP to the SHM masterings. But, again, without some other reference, many of them sound quite good. Even outstanding.
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I, too, enjoy the Nola sound, it occurred to me that there must be many more recordings than the ten listed in the intro for the studio to have been financially viable, so knowledgeable jazz fans out there bring 'em on!!!

 

Found this but I cannot vouch for its accuracy and there are a lotta repeats:

http://www.discogs.com/label/602712-Nola-Recording-Studios

 

I ordered the Randy Weston: African Cookbook CD there is a lotta luv for it at this site and I am hoping for more Nola suggestions!!!!!

 

??? My request to re-open was declined and I started a new thread.
Tommy Nola & Nola's Penthouse Studio in NYC

 

Jim Czak: NOLA studios: From Steinways to Streisand...

 

These photos were taken on July 27, 1959 at the Thelonious Monk Session for the French film Dangerous Liaison.

 

The Jazztet: Benny Golson, Art Farmer, and Grachan Moncur III, Nola Penthouse

 

Recent Session at NOLA Recording Studio ‹ Hilary Kole

I am no sure if it is the same studio...

 

Could you re-upload the photos again? Thanks.

 

Gort, please delete the post #16 and the new thread.

 

From discogs

Tommy Nola

Nola Recording Studios

 

111 W. 57th Street, 17th floor....some of my favorite and favorite sounding records of the early '60s come out of there, Cecil Taylor's Looking Ahead, Booker Little's Out Front, Max Roach's We Insist! Freedom Now Suite.