[JPL] Dave Love

[MFA - Jazz Radio Promotion, Publicity & Consulting]

With all due respect to Duke Dubois, his protegés and his undeniable  
contributions to the jazz industry there is no way to put a positive  
spin on the departure of Dave Love from Heads Up.  Granted by selling  
the label he gave up control but it was his baby and the imprint is  
coming off an AWESOME year of releases that any label would envy.  As  
a lover of fusion -- which was the catalyst that led me to discover  
over 30 years ago the jazz canon as a whole in the first place -- I  
was a huge fan of almost everything Dave released.

I do not know Mr. Wexler and I am sure he is competent but competence  
does not automatically imply vision and just because he worked under  
Duke Dubois does not in my humble opinion sanctify him in any way.   
While Mr. Wexler might have other qualities the "powers that be" at  
Concord value, there is no denying that in Dave they have lost an  
executive whose passion and ears and lifelong dedication to music can  
never be replaced.  This, like the fact that EMI did not renew veteran  
Blue Note executive Tom Evered's contract last year, is another  
example of what can only be seen as nearsightedness and, for lack of a  
better word, fear on the part of a corporation that is emulating an  
ostrich.

Just my $00.02.

Mitchell

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