One of the most prominent producers in pop and jazz, Joel Dorn helmed records from some of the biggest names in music, among them Charles Mingus, Bette Midler and the Allman Brothers Band. He began his career in 1961 as a disc jockey with Philadelphia jazz station WHAT-FM; his radio success led to a meeting with Atlantic Records founder Nesuhi Ertegun, resulting in an offer allowing Dorn to produce the artist of his choice for the company's jazz imprint. He selected flutist Hubert Laws, and the resulting LP, 1964's The Laws of Jazz, proved so successful that by 1967, Dorn was employed at Atlantic full-time as Ertegun's assistant.
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