today is an anniversary that everyone in the united states would do well to pause for a moment and honor
on jan 6, 1939, alfred lion recorded the first session for blue note records!
"After hearing Meade (Lux) Lewis and Albert Ammons at the historic “From Spirituals to Swing” concert at Carnegie Hall in late 1938, Albert Lion approached the famed stride pianists, and a few weeks later, they entered a New York studio and made the first Blue Note recordings."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/arts/music/blue-note-records-essential-albums.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Lk0.IAt6.RVTClZRjryxx&smid=url-share (gift link)
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