BLUE NOTE RECORDS 75TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL INITIATIVE Blue Note will commence an extensive 100-album vinyl reissue initiative on March 25 with the release of five classic titles (Art Blakey Free For All ...

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday et al may be behind us, but the music industry still has some weeks of notable new releases coming. This week’s batch includes some debuts (Out ...

The most storied label in jazz turns 80 this year. This is some of the music that shaped its legacy. Port of Harlem Jazzmen, ‘Mighty Blues’ (1939): After hearing the Meade (Lux) Lewis and Albert ...

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 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.

Blue Note Records started releasing jazz records 85 years ago this month when German-Jewish immigrant Alfred Lion held the first recording sessions for the label in New York City. Much has changed ...

Tired of hearing the same holiday jazz playlist every December? This year, Jazz Night in America is doing Christmas differently. We're handing the reins to the ultimate crate-digger: Don Was, ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. The label developed several ideas cherished by 21st-century record collectors–conscious reaction to the ...

Michael Cuscuna, a jazz historian and producer who combed the archives of storied Blue Note Records for lost tracks of greats such as Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus, and co-founded a label that ...