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  • Starring: Aretha Franklin, John Coltrane, Ray Charles
  • Summary: This documentary profiles the life and work of a man whose personal history reflects the evolution of modern music and recording technology: legendary producer/recording engineer Tom Dowd.
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  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
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  1. Reviewed by: Joel Selvin
    100
    This wise and warm man, who died in 2002, is captured in all his glory by the remarkable documentary.
  2. 100
    Music fans of every stripe should kill to see this film, one of the very best music documentaries in recent years.
  3. 60
    Mark Moormann's documentary tends to the worshipful, but Dowd, a charmer onscreen, was by all accounts just as appealing in real life.

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