The Blue Note Years: The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff

Over-sized hardback book with dust jacket titled THE BLUE NOTE YEARS: The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff with a foreword by Herbie Hancock. Published by Rizzoli in 1995. See my photographs (6) of this book on main listing page. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2BS-2-middle) rareviewbooks

Michael Cuscuna was an FM disc jockey and music journalist before turning his attention to producing new recordings and reissues. He has produced Dexter Gordon, Woody Shaw, Bonnie Raitt, and McCoy Tyner, among others. He is also a consultant, producer, and reissue director for Blue Note Records, which was reactivated in 1984. He has served as consultant on the film Round Midnight, Ken Burns' JAZZ, and Columbia's Miles Davis reissue series.

Charlie Lourie was a professional woodwind player and saxophonist in the greater Boston area before moving into the music industry. He was a marketing executive at Columbia Records, a director of marketing for Blue Note Records and a director of jazz and progressive music at Warner Bros. Records. In 1982 Lourie and Michael Cuscuna founded Mosaic Records, a direct-mail label dedicated to reissuing classic jazz recordings in definitive, limited-edition boxed sets.