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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Bruce Lundvall
Jazz exec; the man who brought Blue Note Records back to life -- via Billboard. an insanely influential figure, a guy who snuck into the West 52nd jazz clubs as a teenager. He got to sign Norah Jones, Dianne Reeves, Cassandra Wilson, Charlie Hunter, Joe Lovano, Terence Blanchard, and tons more.
