Max Margulis

Max Margulis (1907-1996) was a musician, writer, music teacher, voice coach, record producer, copywriter, photographer and left-wing activist. He had a significant influence on the New York artistic and performing community particularly from the 1930s to the 1950s. He was a co-founder of Blue Note Records who put up much of the initial money to fund the record label, although from the start his participation was more as a supporter of the music, not with visions of producing record albums. He did, however, write advertising brochures and ad copy for the music.

From 1949 through the 1960s, he was an active stereo photographer who photographed many of the top fine artists of the New York art scene in their studio, including William de Kooning