paul secor Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/obituaries/jacqueline-steiner-dead.html She co-wrote "M.T.A.", the Kingston Trio hit of the early 1960's, but what interested me was the mention of Max Margulis, "a founder of Blue Note Records". I was unaware of that until today. (Always good to learn something new.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Margulis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 I remember Margulis from Cook's book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 "The Blue Note label initially consisted of Lion and Max Margulis, a communist writer who funded the project." See "Early years" in "Blue Note Records" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Note_Records Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted February 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Does anyone know when Max Margulis left Blue Note? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 3 hours ago, optatio said: "The Blue Note label initially consisted of Lion and Max Margulis, a communist writer who funded the project." Ok then, now I get it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 22 hours ago, paul secor said: Does anyone know when Max Margulis left Blue Note? In 1947, Max Margulis retired from the business and sold his shares to Alfred Lion. Source: http://www.omm.de/feuilleton/blue-note.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 35 minutes ago, optatio said: In 1947, Max Margulis retired from the business and sold his shares to Alfred Lion. Source: http://www.omm.de/feuilleton/blue-note.html Interesting...the same year BN went full-on into modern jazz. And didn't they go into hibernation in 1946? The "official" explanation is that Lion wanted to fully understand the changes going on in the jazz world, but there may have also been a change in the business side. Maybe something like: Lion wanted to go fully modern, Margulis was a moldy fig, they didn't agree, Margulis wanted to get out, it took some time for Lion to get the funding to buy out Margulis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted February 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 1 hour ago, optatio said: In 1947, Max Margulis retired from the business and sold his shares to Alfred Lion. Source: http://www.omm.de/feuilleton/blue-note.html Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.