It was recently announced that Cosimo Matassa will receive the National Recording Academy’s prestigious Trustees Award for his contribution as a record producer. He is to be honored at a ceremony to be held in Los Angeles the day before the Grammy Awards ceremony, which will be broadcast February 11. Matassa plans to attend both ceremonies.

Matassa is a casual kind of guy who is usually seen wearing his “uniform” of a sweatshirt, cap and slacks. His relaxed a...