Blue Note CEO Recalls Unreleased Norah Jones Album

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/07/Blue_Note_at_70_Behind_an_Iconic_Label

Blue Note CEO Bruce Lundvall remembers signing Norah Jones to his record label. Lundvall says Jones' first album was never released because it was "overproduced." After finding a new producer, her subsequent album went on to sell 23 million copies.

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Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Smith, Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Betty Carter, Cecil Taylor, Cassandra Wilson, Jason Moran - the history of Blue Note Records is the history of jazz.

Now, on the 70th anniversary of the label's first recording, Gary Giddins brings together Blue Note's current president, Bruce Lundvall, and one of its brightest talents, world-renowned saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano, for a conversation about the history of jazz, the label's unparalleled success and legacy, and the state of the recording industry. - CUNY

Bruce Lundvall is the President of Blue Note Records, a jazz music label.

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[JazzyDave]

I was sitting in a cafe in Nashville with a producer a few years ago and he asked me, "Dave, what sound are you after for the record?" I boldly said, "The Blue Note sound...THAT's the label I'm after..."