Blue Note Records is the kind of record label that people like to call "storied" — so celebrated and impactful that no one narrative can capture its essence. From swing to bebop and hard bop, through ...

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This article was first published at All About Jazz in April 2001. Since 1995, Blue Note has been pleasing hardcore fans with a special reissue series that sports a very simple premise: w'll print up ...

This label’s 86-year run has been one of the most storied in jazz — and it’s still going. Hear tracks by Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Robert Glasper and more from the Blue Note catalog.

The most storied label in jazz turns 80 this year. Hear the music that shaped its legacy. By Giovanni Russonello After hearing Meade (Lux) Lewis and Albert Ammons at the historic “From Spirituals to ...

Approaching jazz can seem intimidating for those who don’t know hard bop from bebop (or maybe even “Blitzkrieg Bop”). The genre’s history stretches back a century and it comprises innumerable ...

Tomorrow evening at an Aye Write! session in Glasgow's Mitchell Library I shall discover whether writer Richard Havers is as modest a man as the appearance of his work would suggest. Last year, to ...

With a Sunset Boulevard debut this summer and a blockbuster 2025-2026 calendar, Blue Note is redefining west coast cool in Los Angeles. When Blue Note throws a club launch, it really goes all out. The ...