Such a key music figure. His importance can not be overstated. Have fair winds on your cosmic journey sir

Oh dear that is sad news .... gave so much to New Orleans R&B...RIP



ROCKMAN

RIP

If you liked Elvis singing "Good Rockin' Tonight, listen to the 1940s version first recorded by Roy Brown at Mr. Matassa's studio in New Orleans.

It's only about 2 years ago that a record collector actually
cracked the code of the matrix numbers that Cosimo's used for his recordings... talk about enigma machine



ROCKMAN

Sad news indeed. They are dropping like flies this week. Cosima sits at the very top table for his vision in helping shape rock'n'roll. His incredible sense for rhythm and that fabulous backbeat - Earl Palmer on drums on many recordings - was out of this world.

I visited the site of his old studio on the corner of Dumain and North Rampart Street while in N'awlins a few years back and it's now Hula Maes Laundry.

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Here's one of his best productions. RIP Cosimo.

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Rockman
It's only about 2 years ago that a record collector actually
cracked the code of the matrix numbers that Cosimo's used for his recordings... talk about enigma machine

Yep, here's a brief explanation.





[cosimocode.com]

RIP Cosimo.


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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 Professor Longhair, has died, WWL-TV reports. He was 88.

Mr. Matassa helped facilitate the role of New Orleans in the birth of rock 'n' roll. He opened his first studio, J&M Recording, in 1945 in the back of his family's record and appliance store at the corner of North Rampart and Dumaine streets in the French Quarter. Its pedigree is on par with that of Sun Studios in Memphis, Tenn.

Fats Domino would record most of his classic hits in studios owned by Mr. Matassa. A 16-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis took the bus from his home in Ferriday to make his first demo recording at J&M. Little Richard cut "Tutti Frutti," one of his most popular records, there with a band of New Orleanians backing him.

Professor Longhair recorded "Tipitina" and "Mardi Gras in New Orleans," two of his signature songs, in the same room. Shirley and Lee, Smiley Lewis, Ray Charles, Bobby Charles, The Spiders, Big Joe Turner and many others also worked at the original J&M location until Mr. Matassa relocated his studio to Gov. Nicholls Street in 1955.

Mr. Matassa was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer in 2012.

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The Dumaine/Rampart streets studio, last I knew, was a washateria, which I used to go to to wash my clothes when I lived in the French Quarter.

This guy was right up there with Leonard Chess and Sam Phillips. His legacy will endure as long as people love rock'n'roll. RIP.

ROCKMAN

Cosimo Matassa 1958



ROCKMAN

Sad news indeed.