Have a Blue (Note) Christmas with Don Was

Don Was digs into the Blue Note Records vault for a different kind of Christmas playlist, bringing together rare cuts, ...

‘Motion II’ by Out Of/Into Review: A Quintet’s Jazz Evolution

The all-star collective, initially assembled to mark the 85th anniversary of Blue Note Records, honors the legacy of the ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes’: Film Review

Sophie Huber's documentary 'Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes' chronicles the history of the seminal jazz record label. By Frank Scheck Sophie Huber’s consistently fascinating documentary about Blue ...
The New York Times

Blue Note Records at 80: Can a Symbol of Jazz’s Past Help Shape Its Future?

The genre is in a state of diffusion and streaming dominates listening habits. But Blue Note is still dedicated to influencing the music’s path forward. By Giovanni Russonello The name Blue Note ...
Rolling Stone

Blue Note Records Doc ‘Beyond the Notes’: 7 Things We Learned

Musicians young and old drop a lot of heavy-duty jazz wisdom throughout Beyond the Notes, a new documentary about Blue Note Records that features commentary from the label’s Sixties stars such as ...
Tallahassee Democrat

'Blue Note Records' tells an important American story

Midway through the essential new documentary, “Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes,” famed jazz pianist and producer Robert Glasper tries to describe the music he has spent his career furthering but ...
ecoustics

11 Blue Note and Colemine Records You Need to Own

11 records we love from Blue Note and Colemine Records that are must own albums if you love jazz, soul, and R&B. Music venues are finally starting to reopen across the continent which is an ...
TheWrap

‘Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes’ Film Review: Documentary Crams Ten Pounds of Jazz History Into a Five-Pound Sack

Jazz is an art form that can be examined any number of ways — historically, racially, structurally, even philosophically — but choosing one of those runs the risk of ignoring the equally-important ...
The New York Times

‘Blue Note Records’ Review: A Smart, Exhilarating Look at an Influential Label

Featuring Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and other luminaries, a new documentary examines Blue Note’s legacy from Thelonious Monk to hip-hop. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Blue Note Records: Beyond The Notes’ celebrates legendary jazz label

Jazz may be a quintessentially American art form, but it is Europeans who make some of the best jazz documentaries, with the captivating “Blue Note Records: Beyond The Notes” being the latest case in ...
Jazz

Blue Note Records: Beyond The Notes

Seventy-one minutes hardly seems long enough to tell the story of a record label so profoundly influential as Blue Note. Yet even a marathon film of multiple parts could not capture the essence of ...