“When asked about his efforts uncovering jazz’s past, Mr. Cuscuna often said the most rewarding part was musicians thanking him for giving their work another life. He described how drummer Elvin Jones and sax player Hank Mobley hugged him at clubs after albums were rereleased” https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/04/23/michael-cuscuna-jazz-dies/ #michaelcuscuna #jazz #bluenote #music

#Requiescat #MichaelCuscuna ❝Even if you put something out and it only sells a thousand copies and gets deleted in two years… Once you put it out, it exists. Once it’s out in the world, it can get copied, it can get analyzed, it can get critiqued. But if it’s just sitting on a shelf, it only exists in a theoretical way.❞ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9k_O05YWbU
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#Requiescat For #MichaelCuscuna. Most of the reissue series #BlueNote CDs I bought in the late 80s and into the 90s after the label was revived had his involvement.