Among his Grammy-winning signings: Norah Jones, Herbie Hancock and Bobby McFerrin.
Bruce Lundvall, the former CEO of Blue Note Records and a key figure in jazz music, has died. He was 79 years old.
Lundvall had been living in a senior assisted living center in New Jersey for complications related to his battle with Parkinson's, according to biographer Dan Ouellette, who wrote the book Bruce Lundvall: Playing by Ear, and tells Billboard that during a brief hospitalization, Lundvall underwent surgery but never regained consciousness. He passed on May 19.
Lundvall, a beloved figure in the industry, is credited with signing such Grammy Award winning musicians as Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Natalie Cole and Norah Jones, among many others.
Bruce Lundvall, the former CEO of Blue Note Records and a key figure in jazz music, has died. He was 79 years old.
Lundvall had been living in a senior assisted living center in New Jersey for complications related to his battle with Parkinson's, according to biographer Dan Ouellette, who wrote the book Bruce Lundvall: Playing by Ear, and tells Billboard that during a brief hospitalization, Lundvall underwent surgery but never regained consciousness. He passed on May 19.
Lundvall, a beloved figure in the industry, is credited with signing such Grammy Award winning musicians as Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Natalie Cole and Norah Jones, among many others.
