Of course, the labels bill their performers for the studio costs and sometimes seek to keep them in debt to the production costs for years.
One of my all-time favorites!
I like Bill Evans.
One of my “desert-island” albums. It never gets old. BTT.
Saw Miles in Jacksonville in '86.
KOB is arguably the greatest achievement in American arts of the 20th century.
Maybe the best album ever recorded, in 2 days no less, Genius, Miles, Coltrane, Cannonball, Philly Joe Jones, Cobb Winton Kelley....WOW
I still listen at elast once a week.
I like this from Jack White: “Think of all the great records. Every time there’s a list of the hundred greatest records of all time, all those albums were recorded in two days. Hardly any of them took a year, I’ll tell you.”
He may be overstating a slight bit, although I would say most classics are in a few months at the most. Jack’s most famous album was finished in 10 days. In the same interview quoted above he talks about how having a lot of time in the studio to tinker can take away what made a song great in the first place. That when you go back and hear the demos of the song they sound better than what goes on the album.
He also said every recording studio in the world should have a sign saying Sgt. Peppers was recorded on 4 track. I tend to agree with that.
Dunno if this is your bag, but pinging you anyway.
Ditto, one of the best albums of all time, jazz or otherwise.
There is still great music being made with minimal studio tinkering. Just not pop music.