Jazz suffers two heavy losses
mainBruce Lundvall died yesterday. A record-biz lifer he rekindled the jazz market in the 1980s by reviving the Blue Note label with such talents as Dianne Reeves, Norah Jones and Bobby McFerrin.
A member of the CBS Masterworks team for two decades until then, he was a music-loving, self-effacing, talent-seeking kind of guy, the best of the old record civilisation. He died of the effects Parkinson’s Disease, aged 79.
On Sunday, Bob Belden suffered a massive coronary and was put on life support.
A former head of A&R at Blue Note, Bob was a versatile saxophonist and prodigious composer who won several Grammys for his Miles Davis reissues.
We hear from close colleagues that a decision was taken today to switch off his life support. Bob was 58.
A whole record culture is slipping away from us.
Norah Jones was born in 1979 and therefore I very much doubt she was signed to Blue Note during the 1980s. Another research triumph. [redacted]
Listen, know-all: Bruce signed Norah, ok? Now keep it polite, or get off the site. https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6568967/norah-jones-farm-aid-benefit-bruce-lundvall-tribute
I know she was. But your first sentence mistakenly implies she was signed during the 1980s. That’s all.
I know she was. But your first sentence mistakenly implies that she was signed during the 1980s. That’s all.