Michael Cuscuna - Ruth Lion was the wife of Blue Note founder Alfred Lion, but she was a great deal more than that. She came to New York in 1944 to study
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This Jewish duo escaped the Nazis to break sound barriers with Blue Note Records | The Times of Israel
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Le duo juif qui a fui les nazis et écrit une grande page de l'histoire du jazz - The Times of Israël
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This Jewish duo escaped the Nazis to break sound barriers with Blue Note Records | The Times of Israel
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