In July of this year my music journalist colleague Larry Blumenfeld heard about the Bruce Lundvall and interviewed me for his blouinartinfo blog column. The first two excerpts are in Larry’s words. Four Q&A sections follow. Nearly always dapper in a tailored jacket and tie, Bruce Lundvall lends positive meaning to the term “suit.” That’s what they used to call music-business executives, and Lundvall is an old-school record-company man in the best sense — in love with music, knowledgeable about it, interested in cultivating “artists” as opposed to “acts,” and willing to take chances. The long and varied list of musicians Lundvall signed and worked with includes saxophonists Stan Getz and Dexter Gordon, pianists McCoy Tyner and Bob James, and trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Wynton Marsalis, among many others. His time at Blue Note fostered a nurturing home for the likes of pianist Jason Moran, saxophonists Joe Lovano and Greg Osby, and singers Cassandra Wilson and Norah Jones. Dan Ouellette, who began writing for Down Beat magazine in 1987 and went on to a wide-ranging career as a music journalist and critic, is working on “Playing by Ear,” documenting Lundvall’s 50-year-plus career.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 20:56:59 +0000
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