70 Years of Cool

Jamie Cullum tells the story of Blue Note Records and the rise of modern jazz, seventy years after Alfred Lion held the very first 1939 recording session for the label in New York

70 Years of Cool - Episode 1

Jamie Cullum tells the story of Blue Note Records and the rise of modern jazz, to mark Alfred Lion's first recording session for the label in New York in 1939.

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70 Years of Cool - Episode 2

Jamie Cullum tells the story of Blue Note Records and the rise of modern jazz, seventy years after Alfred Lion held the first recording session for the label in New York in 1939.

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70 Years of Cool - Episode 3

Jamie Cullum reveals how the label had to be sold in the 1960s, but then DJs and musicians began sampling Blue Note music. The label's revival had begun.

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