The Blue Note label initially consisted of Lion and Max Margulis, a communist writer who funded the project.
He settled in New York City in 1937, and shortly after the first From Spirituals to Swing concert, recorded pianists Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis in 1939 during a one-day session in a rented studio. Lion first heard jazz as a young boy in Berlin.
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During its heyday, the 1950s and 1960s, the photography and graphic art of Reid Miles created a series of iconic album covers, often incorporating session photos by Francis Wolff, which added to Blue Note's artistic reputation. Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, Grant Green, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson, and Jackie McLean were among the label's leading artists. Historically, Blue Note has principally been associated with the " hard bop" style of jazz (mixing bebop with other forms of music including soul, blues, rhythm and blues and gospel), but also recorded essential albums in the avant-garde and free styles of jazz. From there, Blue Note grew to become one of the most prolific, influential and respected jazz labels of the mid-20th century, noted for its role in facilitating the development of hard bop, post-bop and avant-garde jazz, as well as for its iconic modernist art direction. Originally dedicated to recording traditional jazz and small group swing, the label began to switch its attention to modern jazz around 1947. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. For other uses, see Blue Note (disambiguation).īlue Note Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. This article is about the jazz record label.
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