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1926: Jazz musician Urbie Green was born in Mobile. 2002: The Club purchased the adjacent 6.5 acres of land which once housed Baby Doe’s Matchless Mine restaurant. Courtesy:

cTwo months after taking his first job as a record producer for Bethlehem Records in 1955, Creed Taylor was on a roll. He inaugurated the 10-inch LP at the label with vocalist Chris Connor; befriended Quincy Jones; signed Oscar Pettiford, Herbie Mann, Ruby Braff and many others to the label; and was fast on his way to transforming the way the jazz LP was produced, packaged and promoted.

With the success of Chris Connor's 10-Inch LPs for Bethlehem Records in 1954, producer Creed Taylor had the validation and confidence he needed to leverage his vision. Weary of open-ended jam sessions that dominated the early years of the 10-inch LP, Creed sought to revolutionize the format by packaging LPs as tight artistic concepts rather than random collections of extended singles.