Michael Cuscuna passed way 😢

 

From Joe Harley:

“We are heartbroken by the news that our dear friend, the revered producer & Blue Note historian Michael Cuscuna, has passed away at age 75. It would be impossible to overstate Michael’s importance to the Blue Note legacy, which he worked tirelessly to fortify for nearly 50 years going back to the mid-1970s when he began a series of reissues & archival discoveries that brought to light numerous treasures from the Blue Note vaults. He continued to release Blue Note catalog reissues on his own Mosaic Records during Blue Note’s dormancy in the early 1980s & was by Bruce Lundvall’s side as the label was relaunched in 1985. Plainly stated, Blue Note Records would not exist as it does today without the passion & dedication of Michael Cuscuna. RIP…

Michael was recently awarded a DownBeat Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more about his life & work: https://downbeat.com/news/detail/michael-cuscuna-lifetime-achievement-in-recording”

He was a giant and his body of work and dedication to Music will outlive him forever.

My deepest condolences to his family and close friends.

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