Alfred Lion (1909-1987) was a German-born American record executive who co-founded Blue Note Records in 1939. Blue Note recorded many of the biggest names in jazz throughout the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. Alfred Lion began his lifelong fascination with jazz at the age of 16 when he saw a jazz concert given by Sam Wooding's Orchestra in his native Berlin. In 1929 Alfred Lion migrated to the United States, but a physical attack necessitated hospital treatment, … Wikipedia
The experience was a musical epiphany for Lion and sparked a love affair with jazz that would burn throughout his life. www.brandchannel.com/features_profile.asp?pr_id=34
Blue Note Records German immigrants Alfred Lion, left, and Francis Wolff, founded Blue Note, a label that was devoted to a quintessentially American art form. www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1339880
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