brownie Posted January 6, 2009 Report Posted January 6, 2009 Time to celebrate! January 6, 1939, Alfred Lion booked Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis in a rented studio in New York and produced the first record session of a new label. We are forever grateful! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 6, 2009 Report Posted January 6, 2009 Oh, gee! I'd forgotten it was today! Not played a SINGLE Blue Note all day! I'll line up a favourite for just before bedtime Grant Green - Green is beautiful - one of Francis' best jobs! MG Quote
Hardbopjazz Posted January 6, 2009 Report Posted January 6, 2009 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=47888 Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 6, 2009 Report Posted January 6, 2009 Yes, but today is the actual 70th birthday. MG Quote
funkogre Posted January 7, 2009 Report Posted January 7, 2009 Happy Birthday Blue Note! The Talk of the Nation program on NPR did an hour program on Blue Note today. January 6, 2009 On Talk of the Nation, host Neal Conan discussed the history and legacy of the label with Cuscuna, Blue Note CEO Bruce Lundvall and pianist Bill Charlap, who records for Blue Note. Lundvall says he's confident that the label will continue to enjoy success. "The artists drive the business forward, and when original artists come along, the business will pick up, there's no question about it," Lundvall says. "We're just middlemen in this business, those of use who run record companies and work at record labels ... So you have to choose the right artists. And I think we have a lot of those." Read more and listen... Also at that link you'll find five Blue Note tracks Bill Charlap picked. Quote
RiRiIII Posted January 7, 2009 Report Posted January 7, 2009 And the Blue Note Anniversary Record Sleeves Exhibiton starts from Athens on Saturday 17 January 2009!! Ron Carter will lead the celebrations giving a lecture and a concert. It is a whole Sarurday with jazz till the early morning hours of Sunday. Best Alex Time to celebrate! January 6, 1939, Alfred Lion booked Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis in a rented studio in New York and produced the first record session of a new label. We are forever grateful! Quote
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