She was revered in the jazz world as a chance taker who communicated an effervescent joy in the pure act of singing. By Barry Singer This label’s 86-year run has been one of the most storied in jazz — ...

Blue Note had its share of tenor battles, too, including the memorable Johnny Griffin date — “A Blowing Session,” recorded just one month after the Jordan/Gilmore date – featuring the diminutive (in ...

Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams were playing in lovely simpatico in 1985... Freddie Hubbard sounds amazingly on-point throughout. This DVD is a richly supplemented version of a videotape of the 1985 ...

NEW YORK -- The Blue Note Label Group (BNLG), a unit of EMI Music, and the first full-scale, multi-genre music division dedicated to serving the adult music market, will become the Jazz repertoire ...

As EMI’s Blue Note Label Group adjusts to its role as a multigenre division dedicated to the adult music market, company has made serial hires and promoted several employees. Josh Zieman joins as VP ...

A great record label is about more than music. Yes, it’s about the quality of that music, the character of that music, the sound of that music. Yet it’s also about things beyond what’s heard. A great ...

The mighty Blue Note Records jazz label was founded 85 years ago, and that rich, vibrant legacy will be celebrated with a 35-date national tour that kicks off this week and stretches into spring.

When it comes to jazz, the legendary Blue Note label has long represented the pinnacle of the musical form, issuing albums from the likes of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and many other ...

A new edition of Richard Havers’ lavishly illustrated history of Blue Note records is an occasion for recalling how that unsurpassed small jazz label was the brainchild of German Jewish refugees in ...

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