Joel Dorn  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to:
navigation, search  Joel Dorn (April 7, 1942 – December 17,
2007[1]) was an American jazz and R&B music producer and record
label entrepreneur. He worked at Atlantic Records, and later
founded the 32 Jazz, Label M, and Hyena Records labels.[2][3] He
called himself "The Masked Announcer".  Early life[edit]  From
an early age, Joel Dorn knew he wanted to be in the music
business, and not just anywhere in the business. Dorn knew he
wanted to work specifically for Atlantic Records. At age 14 Dorn
began correspondence with the label's co-founder Nesuhi Ertegun.
"I'd send letters telling Nesuhi that I thought Ray Charles
should do a duet. What talent they were missing out on, all
sorts of critiques and suggestions," remembered Dorn.   In 1961,
he officially began his career as a disc jockey at the
pioneering Philadelphia jazz radio station WHAT-FM. He called
himself "The Masked Announcer". "The DJ gig was a great way to
get to know all the record companies,