tonight, we introduce you to a sound engineer putting a new spin on a ray charles classic. max darrow explains how a pioneering method of sound reproduction has turned charles' final studio album into a grammy- nominated masterpiece just two decades after its release. >> have some clamps. you're going to look at this, what? that's crazy. >> reporter: late afternoon in golden gate park, a sound maestro is at work. michael romanowski, one of the first immersive audio mastering engineers on the planet. >> wow, look at that. there's actually -- yeah. we have meters. >> reporter: his tools include a dummy head with high fidelity microphones embedded in the ears, a second microphone perched on top captures all the sound surrounding it from all angles and directions. >> dogs here, people playing, stuff going on this way, a food truck over here. you can hear that occasionally. there's music going on over here. i heard a squirrel a minute ago. >> reporter: the recorded sound, known as immersive audio, is closer to the way our ears really hear and perceive the world. >> our hearing se

the work ray charles last studio recording genius loves company.ay is one of my heroes and to be a part of the record is just astounding. it would mean a ton to me if this one. recently, romo opened up his studios and threw a grammy listening party for the professionals in the area on hand. nominated for the same work, veteran sound engineer eric schilling. this was a real treat to be able to do this for me. you know, this is a this is a labor of love. what makes this immersive album so remarkable? the engineers had access to the original master tapes. one of the things i was really, really, really happy about this record is we were able to go back to the original audio. his fellow engineers are blown away. it sounds beautiful. really clean, really open, very detailed. brilliant album. and what they've done has really taken it to the next level. it's almost like listening to it again for the first time, which is really cool. we'll be listening sunday for the sweet sound of romo getting his sixth grammy. >ryan >and you can watch the grammys live rig

ray charles last studio recording "genius loves company." >> ray is a hero.ust astounding. it would mean a ton to me if this won. >> reporter: recently he opened up the studios and threw a grammy listening party for the professionals in the area i on hand veteran sound engineer george schilling. >> this is a labor of love. >> reporter: what makes this so remarkable. the engineers had access to theoriginal master takes. >> able to go back to the original audio. >> reporter: they are blown away. >> sounds beautiful and really clean and really open. very detailed. >> brilliant album. and what they've done has really taken it to the next level. >> almost like listening to it again for the first time. which was really cool. >> reporter: we'll be listening sunday for the sweet sound of romo getting his sixth grammy. >> and you can watch the grammies live right here on cbs news bay area it all starts at 5:00 p.m. on sunday. and you can also stream the awards show on paramount+. looking forward to it. >>> well, coming up over on pix+ 44 cable 12, will bay area tech c

how he put a whole new spin on a classic album from ray charles. the evening i guess what i'm looking for from you is, i mean, i know how the fire affected me, and there's always a constant fear that who's to say something like that won't happen again? that's fair. we committed to underground, 10,000 miles of electric line. you look back at where we were 10 years ago and we are in a completely different place today, and it's because of how we need to care for our communities and our customers. i hope that's true. [joe] that's my commitment. [ambient noise] >>> right now on cbs news bay area, protesters shutting down the streets to push back against president trump's policies on immigration. demonstrations happening all across the bay area today. >> we're here in solidarity with our undocumented community that's been under attack in san jose and across the country. >>> a federal judge has blocked president trump's plan to freeze federal grants and loans, but only for a few days. how that order could impact bay area organizations like meals on wheels

ray charles touch my heart. so many people. elvis presley changed my life with "heartbreak hotel."." all those people from that time have the biggest influence. >> stephen: i have asked some great artists this question of their own work. for instance, i asked bruce springsteen that question. what are elton john's top five elton john songs. >> elton: oh, for [bleep] sake. i write songs that have no bernie lyrics and they are very dear to me. "your bum is like a magnet" is one of them. >> brandi: you're going to talk about "your bum is like a magnet" right now? >> elton: seriously. i would say anything off the "captain fantastic" album. "someone saved my life tonight", "we all fall in love sometimes", "curtains." obviously "your song" because it was the first hit i ever had. so many. i'll think of one. "blessed" is another one. >> stephen: you've done four. >> elton: i have done four. not [bleep] "crocodile rock," i know that. >> stephen: we have to take another break. we'll be right back with more elton john and brandi carlile. (vo) weight loss. for so long, i felt stuck. but zepbou

among them ray charles, james brown and elvis presley.sident george hw bush honored the women's world cup champions. and in 1997, madeleine albright sworn in as u.s. secretary of state under president bill clinton becoming the first woman to hold that cabinet post. >> i've been to every part the night. >> a host of the tonight show johnny carson who died in 2005 at the age of 79. neil diamond abruptly retired from touring after being diagnosed with parkinson's disease and in 2021. american talk show host larry king who held one of the longest running and most popular programs died at age. 87. the stanford jazz workshop, which is a local high school jazz musician group. >> they are going to new york city to compete in a very prestigious competition. the young musicians are going to compete in the 30th annual competition called essentially ellington high school jazz band festival. it is group that is from the lady perform on the stanford campus and even in the top 30 high school bands in the whole country. so they're going to new york for t

among them ray charles, james brown and elvis presley.sident george hw bush honored the women's world cup champions. and in 1997, madeleine albright sworn in as u.s. secretary of state under president bill clinton becoming the first woman to hold that cabinet post. >> i bet you every part the night. >> a host of the tonight show johnny carson who died in 2005 at the age of 79. neil diamond abruptly retired from touring after being diagnosed with parkinson's disease and in 2021. american talk show host larry king who held one of the longest running and most popular programs died at age. 87. >> the year of the snake is just around the corner. and san francisco is busy gearing up for the annual lunar new year's parade in february. actress and director joan chen serves as this year's grand marshal. the parade kicks off saturday february. the 15th, the community street fair happens on the 15th and 16th. >> it's going to be all hands on deck. everybody working to ensure the safety not only for the participants and viewers for the cia's, you pra

it was the beatles, the kinks, the rolling stones, stevie, you know, ray charles.ut man, things splintered so much with napster. then you had spotify, apple music, and i mean, there are so many different genres and subgenres. this really had to be a beast for you to get your arms around. >> well. >> it was a lot to it's an. >> amazing. >> incredible kind of period. >> for music. >> the last 25 years. there's been so many changes, so many. >> genres, so many. >> different kind of. artists who've, you know, come to the fore. but i mean, one of the interesting things about music is, is kind of what you just alluded to, which is that when we went in 2000, people were still buying cds. they were paying $18 for cds. they were still listening to the radio to learn about music or watching, you know, a video channel that's that's completely gone. and for a while at the beginning of the century, in the early hours, it seemed like people were talking about the death of the album, that downloading was going to be a single track kind of thing. you're going to get songs on itune

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