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Don Was

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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The Story of Blue Note

Blue Note was founded in 1939 by two German immigrants, Alfred Lyon and Francis Wolf. They were totally enamored of black American music. The label signed artists who knew the history of the music that came before them. It's looking to push the threshold of what was then contemporary music.

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