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A professional audio engineer for almost 50 years (Sound
80, DMP Records), Mr. Jung began his professional audio
engineering career in the early 1960s and went on to
co-found the famous Minneapolis-based Sound 80 studio,
that recorded such artists as Cat Stevens, Leo Kottke
and Bob Dylan. Known to most in the audio biz as TJ,
he moved to New York in 1979 as a freelance engineer
— recording movie scores (Cotton Club, Annie) and
working with several pop labels. In 1983, he created
DMP (Digital Music Products), which was one of the first
labels to record jazz with the fledgling digital PCM
technology used for CDs. DMP recorded and created CDs
for numerous top-tier jazz acts. Tom received a Grammy
in 2001 for the Bob Mintzer Big Band — Homage to
Count Basie. Always in pursuit of the next generation
of better-sounding audio technology, Tom Jung worked
with PCM up to 24-bit. In the late 1990s, he switched
to the DSD (Direct Stream Digital) system and recorded
some of the best-sounding stereo and multichannel high-resolution
titles ever produced. He created a number of splendid
DSD-recorded discs for DMP, such as Steve Davis —
Quality of Your Silence, Joe Beck and Ally Ryerson —
Alto; and Bob Minzter — Gently to name a few.
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