Apex Studios was a recording studio in Manhattan , New York City . It had a high reputation for recording jazz. It was located in the Beaux Arts Steinway building. The owner was Bob Scheuing. When Al Schmitt started in 1950, the two engineers were Fred Herbert Otto and Tom Dowd .
3-399: Apex did almost all of the work for National , Atlantic , and Prestige record labels. Miles Davis 's album Miles Davis and Horns was partly recorded here in 1951. Duke Ellington did a session with his son, Mercer. It was one of the first major sessions engineered by Al Schmitt . The studio also recorded radio shows for Voice of America in many languages. Artists that recorded at
6-537: The studio included Charlie Parker , The Clovers , Clyde McPhatter , the Modern Jazz Quartet , Peppermint Harris , Lightnin' Hopkins . The studio went bankrupt and closed in the early 1950s. 40°45′54.0″N 73°58′38.4″W / 40.765000°N 73.977333°W / 40.765000; -73.977333 This article on a recording studio is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . National Records National Records
9-603: Was a record label that was started in New York City by Albert Green in 1945 and lasted until early 1951. Big Joe Turner was signed at the beginning and remained until 1947. Billy Eckstine was also a big seller for the label as were The Ravens . Eileen Barton had a hit with " If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake ", which was No. 1 for 10 weeks. Working as A&R men were Lee Magid , Bob Shad , Jesse Stone and Herb Abramson . Abramson went to Jubilee and then co-founded Atlantic with Ahmet Ertegun . From
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