PHIL EDWARDS

In the 1960s, the real action in that triangle-shaped, copper-clad structure known as Columbus Tower, happened in the basement-ground zero for Columbus Recorders. George Horn, the studio's manager, met a young and very green engineer named Phil Edwards. Edwards majored in music at San Francisco State University and took a few classes in broadcast electronics on the side. He also played saxophone with his brothers in a band called the Edwards Brothers and worked occasionally as a sideman. Horn needed an audio mixer. Though Edwards had no technical experience, he had a lot of moxie for a kid in his early 20s. "Oh, I can do that!" he told Horn, who took down his name and number... Months later, during an Ornette Coleman show at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, for which Edwards was hired to play flute, he bumped into Horn again. They spoke only briefly before the show, but the conversation must have left an impression on Horn. Recalls Edwards, "About a month later at 7 a.m., I got a call,..

Also known as: Phil Edwards Recording

Primary location: Hayward United States