Alfred Lion (born Alfred Löw; April 21, 1908 – February 2, 1987), was an American record executive who co-founded the jazz record label Blue Note in 1939. Lion retired in 1967, having sold the company, after producing recordings by leading musicians throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
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Ike Quebec
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Paul Bacon
Designer of book and album covers
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Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Rudy Van Gelder
American recording engineer
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Duke Pearson
American pianist
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Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
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Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
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Ahmed Abdul-Malik
bassist
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Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Wilbur Ware
American musician
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Eddie Bert
American musician
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Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
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Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Grant Green
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Ernie Henry
American musician
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Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
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The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Curley Russell
American jazz musician
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Henry Grimes
American musician
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Martial Solal
French-Algerian jazz pianist
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Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
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Willie Bobo
American musician
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Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Butch Warren
American musician
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Herbie Nichols
American musician
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Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
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Cliff Jackson
American pianist
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Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
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Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
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Idrees Sulieman
American musician
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Dave Holland
British musician
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Ronnie Mathews
American musician