Columbia 30th Street Studio

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Columbia 30th Street Studio was a legendary New York City recording studio renowned for its exceptional acoustics and use on landmark jazz and classical albums.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music venue
recording studio
acousticCharacter long decay time
natural reverberation
alsoKnownAs Columbia 30th Street Studio
surface form: Columbia Studio C

The Church
borough Manhattan
buildingType converted church
ceilingHeight approximately 100 feet
country United States of America
surface form: United States
demolished yes
demolishedFor apartment building
eraOfGreatestUse 1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
floorArea approximately 100 feet by 100 feet
locatedIn Manhattan
New York City
notableEngineer Frank Laico
Fred Plaut
notableFor exceptional acoustics
large recording space
recording classical albums
recording jazz albums
notableProducer George Avakian
Teo Macero
ownedBy Columbia Records
recordedAlbum Goldberg Variations
surface form: Glenn Gould: Bach Goldberg Variations (1955)

Kind of Blue
Miles Ahead
Mingus Ah Um
Porgy and Bess (Miles Davis album)
Sketches of Spain
Time Out
West Side Story
surface form: West Side Story (original Broadway cast recording)
recordedForArtist Billie Holiday
Bruno Walter
Charles Mingus
Dave Brubeck
Duke Ellington
Glenn Gould
Isaac Stern
Leonard Bernstein
Miles Davis
New York Philharmonic
Thelonious Monk
Vladimir Horowitz
status defunct
streetAddress 207 East 30th Street
usedBy Columbia Masterworks (historical classical imprint)
surface form: Columbia Masterworks

Columbia jazz division

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Kind of Blue recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio
Sketches of Spain recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio
Milestones recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio
In a Silent Way recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio
this entity surface form: CBS 30th Street Studio
Nefertiti recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio
E.S.P. recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio
Bitches Brew recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio
this entity surface form: Columbia Studio B, New York City
Round About Midnight recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio
Miles Ahead recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio
Still Crazy After All These Years recordedIn Columbia 30th Street Studio
this entity surface form: CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
Columbia 30th Street Studio alsoKnownAs Columbia 30th Street Studio
this entity surface form: Columbia Studio C
So What recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio
Freddie Freeloader recordingLocation Columbia 30th Street Studio
this entity surface form: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
All Blues recordedAt Columbia 30th Street Studio
Flamenco Sketches recordingStudio Columbia 30th Street Studio
52nd Street recordedIn Columbia 30th Street Studio
this entity surface form: CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City