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A Foundation Of Jazz: Blue Note Records
In the annals of music history, certain names rise above the rest. In the 1940s, jazz exploded into American pop culture backed by the vision of two men, who believed in its complex rhythms, soaring melodies and mathematical chord progressions. Putting out nearly countless timeless jazz vinyl, Blue Note Records would soon take its rightful place as one of the primary forces in driving both jazz's popularity and development.
Founded in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, Blue Note quickly grew into a force in the world of jazz. The pair's first raid into recording and jazz vinyl was a 1939 session with pianists Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis in a rented studio. The label's first releases were traditional "hot" jazz and boogie-woogie. Blue Note's first hit - the irresistible performance of "Summertime" by saxophonist Sidney Bechet, which Bechet had been unable to record for the well-known companies - proved to be a milestone in the early days of jazz vinyl.
In Blue Note's earliest days, musicians were often supplied with alcohol as they recorded late into the night after their evening's work in the clubs and bars. The label quickly became recognized for treating musicians unusually well, arranging sessions at times that were suitable to working musicians and giving them freedom and input as to the record's production.
Even though World War II proved to be a disruption to Blue Note's improvement, by late 1943, the label was back in business recording musicians and bringing jazz vinyl to the armed forces. Eager to record artists and styles that most other labels easily passed over, Blue Note brought some of the best musicians the U.S. has ever produced to the forefront of the national music scene.
Through the 1940s and 50s, Blue Note found themselves at the front of the bebop and hard bop sounds, bringing them around the world on now-legendary jazz vinyl LPs. Emblematic names like Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Hank Mobley, Lou Donaldson and Sonny Rollins all cut sides for the label or sat in as session players during the same era. Those recordings, still considered to be the best jazz ever recorded, stand as a proof to Blue Note's reach and influence.
While America changed in the coming decades, the commercial viability of jazz came into questions as well. Blue Note records lay inactive by 1979. But, EMI purchased the company that still owned Blue Note and began an assertive reissue strategy in 1985. These days, the renaissance's remains in full swing as many of the class jazz vinyl reissues have become mainstays in vinyl albums' resurrection.
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