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

RSD 2017 Monk - Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960

 

Yasujiro, unfortunately, I don't have access to that Mosaic booklet at the moment, but it contained a quite a few black & white photos from the Jazztet sessions.

This was, however, the cover I had posted, showing the colour of those distinctive curtains. The photo is staged and all mics are gone, though.

 

Did Nola have a mono tape deck in, say, 1950 and 1960?

 

Thank you for the answer!

 

Came across some runout etchings on George Jones With Love MS 3194 I believe to be from there circa 1971. Happened to find this thread while diving into the history of Nola looking for a George Jones connection, I'm happy to share some of what I've got so far.

Originally a rehearsal location established in 1930, recoding at Nola Studios starts in 1934. Founded by Vincent Nola, later his son Tommy Nola joined the operation (1950's?). They opened a new location at 1657 Broadway in the 1940's for "noisemakers" (jazz/swing bands) while retaining the original location for "longhair" (classical & opera) work. The famous Penthouse studio was opened March 1960, although the Nola operation may have occupied the Steinway Hall Penthouse sooner. Nola was sold to Phil Johann in late 1969, at that time the Penthouse had a 4-track recording set up.

 

Thank you for sharing the information.
'The famous Penthouse studio was opened March 1960’
Are you sure? According to the liner note of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the Monk session was done July 1959 at Penthouse Studio.

 

https://www.americanradiohistory.co...-IDX/IDX/60s/Audio-1961-Mar-OCR-Page-0050.pdf

That comes from a 1961 review of Candid 9002. I'm not %100 confident that is accurate, it may be the session date for that album. Landmark Preservation Commission suggests it was opened sooner.
http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2100.pdf

 

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

 

Read the part I don't have to pay for, pondering paying to read the rest.