Don Kent
Donald Theodore Kent (April 20, 1944 – August 9, 2015) was an American collector of blues and bluegrass recordings, a founder and owner of record labels (such as Mamlish Records, Country Turtle Records, and Flying Crow Records), and a much sought-after writer of liner notes not only on his own labels' issues but also on others', such as Yazoo Records. Many of the blues reissue albums of the 1960s and 1970s use 78-rpm records from his large collection. Kent was born in Chicago, Illinois.
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Don Kent
- Born
- 1944 · Brooklyn.
- Died
- 2015
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- musicologist · music historian · record producer · composer · music journalist
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Born at Brooklyn in 1944, died in 2015.
Don Kent (1944–2015) was an American musicologist, music historian and record producer.
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- 1.Bob Koester. Blues Access.
- 2.Komara, Edward M. (2005). Encyclopedia of the Blues. Routledge. , .
- 3.Herzhaft, Gérard. Encyclopedia of the Blues. University of Arkansas Press. 1997. 9781610751391.
- 4.Ford, Robert. A Blues Bibliography. Routledge. 2008-03-31. 9780415978873.
- 5.Book of Memories. Crowe Mortuary. 2015-08-09.
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