Blue Rock Studio
29 Greene Street | SoHo | built 1878
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- 1878
J. Webb and Son build a four-story iron-fronted store at 29 Greene Street for Mrs. Gibbons
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The firm of J. Webb & Son served as architect, carpenter and mason on the job, which ran from December 1877 to March 1878. The owner was a Mrs. Gibbons and the building was a store with an iron facade and brick above and behind. When the Landmarks Preservation Commission surveyed the block, the building had been cut from four stories to two and its remaining ironwork was in only fair condition.
- 1970
Eddie Korvin opens Blue Rock Studio at 29 Greene Street, designed by young architect John Storyk
Blue Rock was an independent 16- and 24-track recording studio that opened in SoHo in 1970 and was sold in 1986. Owner Eddie Korvin hired John Storyk, a recent architecture graduate, to design the recording room, control room and reception area on the street level of a three-level cast-iron building. The job was among Storyk's first two studio commissions, the other being Electric Lady Studios. Electronic designers built a custom solid-state console for the new studio.
“Founded by owner Eddie Korvin, it opened in 1970 and was sold in 1986. Storyk, whose first two studio jobs were Electric Lady Studios and Blue Rock…”
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- 1971
Bob Dylan books three days at Blue Rock Studio in March 1971 and records two songs
Dylan checked out Blue Rock one afternoon, said he liked it and told the staff he would be back, as the studio offered privacy and discretion. A three-day booking followed in March 1971, with Leon Russell and his band backing him. With the band behind him, Dylan improvised and cut two songs, "When I Paint My Masterpiece" and "Watching the River Flow," both of which CBS Records later issued. Dylan came back to Blue Rock on two other occasions that year.
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- 1974
Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny record together at 29 Greene Street with Paul Bley and Bruce Ditmas
On June 16, 1974, bassist Jaco Pastorius and guitarist Pat Metheny recorded at Blue Rock with Paul Bley on electric piano and Bruce Ditmas on drums. The session was released on Bley's Improvising Artists label and is usually titled Jaco. It is described as the first professional recording to showcase both Pastorius and Metheny, who had become friends in Miami the year before.
“…first professional recording showcasing the talents of Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny. The two had become friends in Miami the year before.”
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