Sidney Bechet, the maverick clarinettist/soprano saxophonist from New Orleans, was the first truly great jazz soloist to appear on Blue Note. The label has some of his finest work, showing the ...

<em xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The most storied label in jazz turns 80 this year. This is some of the music that shaped its legacy.</em> Port of Harlem ...

In celebration of the fact that it's 75 years since the Blue Note Records jazz label was founded, Astell & Kern has revealed that it will be producing 1000 Limited Edition AK240 high-resolution music ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Blue Note label’s latest band of breakthrough headliners, originally named the Blue Note Quintet, was ...

Rising jazz trumpeter and composer Brandon Woody releases his deeply personal debut studio album, For The Love Of It All, today via Blue Note Records. The project showcases six original compositions ...

Sean Moen displays his collection of Blue Note albums during the month of March at the Crete Public Library, 1177 N. Main St. Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The second volume of reinterpreted recordings from Blue Note’s back catalogue confirms both the depth and ...

Meshell Ndegeocello has announced her second Blue Note album No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin, a striking homage to the eminent writer and activist James Baldwin. With No More Water, ...

Audio engineer, who helped Blue Note Records become a major force in jazz music, worked with John Coltrane, Lee Morgan and Herbie Hancock Rudy Van Gelder, the audio engineer who helped shape the sound ...

The acclaimed singer-songwriter also dropped a single to introduce the project. By Kyle Denis After teasing a “new era” on Instagram last week (Jan. 25), Kelela kept the wait short and sweet, ...

Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This But after that inaugural run of Atlantic albums, Coleman was in the wilderness. No tours, shows, no ...