Francis Wolff

German-born American record company executive, photographer and record producer.
Partner in the jazz label Alfred Lion.

Born April 5, 1907 in Berlin,
Died March 8, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA

After a career as a commercial photographer in , Wolff emigrated to the United States in 1939. That same year in New York his childhood friend Milt Gabler at the Commodore Music Store, and together they maintained the company's catalogue until Lion was discharged.

Until Lion retired in 1967, Wolff concentrated on the financial affairs of the business and only supervised occasional recording sessions produced during his visits to Europe to see surviving of his family. For the last four years of his life, when Blue Note was no longer an independent label, Wolff shared production responsibilities with pianist and arranger Duke Pearson.

Francis Wolff took photographs during the recordings sessions, usually shot during session rehearsals, throughout the period of Lion's involvement in Blue Note Records. They were used on publicity material and LP album sleeves, and continued to be used in reissue booklets during the CD era.