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Alfred Lion (born Alfred Löw; April 21, 1908 – February 2, 1987), was a German-born American record executive who co-founded the jazz record label Blue Note in 1939. Lion retired in 1967, having sold the company, after producing recordings by leading musicians throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
Feb 9, 1987 · Alfred Lion, who founded the influential Blue Note Records jazz label, died last Monday of heart failure at Pomerado Hospital in the San Diego suburb of Poway. He was 78 years old.
Feb 3, 2024 · Blue Note is unquestionably the most iconic jazz label there’s ever been. But when Alfred Lion started the label in 1939 with a recording of boogie-woogie pianists Meade Lux Lewis and Albert...
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Feb 4, 1987 · Alfred Lion, who fled his native Germany in protest against the Nazi regime and became a major influence on the most American of art forms as founder of the jazz-only Blue Note Record Co., died...
Aug 1, 2022 · Havers reminds us that Blue Note was founded in 1939 by Alfred Lion (born Löw), the son of a Berlin Jewish architect. Lion made several attempts to escape perils in his homeland, but learned ...
Jan 5, 2024 · 85 years ago on January 6, 1939, a German-Jewish immigrant and passionate Jazz fan named Alfred Lion produced his first recording session in New York City founding what would go on to become the most iconic and longest-running Jazz label in the world.
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Jul 20, 2003 · German immigrants Alfred Lion, left, and Francis Wolff, founded Blue Note, a label that was devoted to a quintessentially American art form.
