The name Blue Note Records calls to mind a once-regnant sound in jazz: the hard-bop of the 1950s and ’60s, with its springy four-beat swing rhythm, its spare-but-lush horn harmonies, its flinty, ...

Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff had two main things in common. Both were Jews who’d fled Germany, and both loved jazz, though their initial fervor was for traditional New Orleans sounds and ...

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.

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 ...

Medeski Martin & Wood’s ‘Tonic’ will be re-released on vinyl through Blue Note Records’ Classic Vinyl Reissue series in March ...

John Coltrane, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter—just hearing these names can evoke memorized melodies. Beyond their enduring influence on jazz, these musicians share a profound ...

Renowned saxophonist Branford Marsalis, a leading figure in contemporary jazz for over four decades, has signed with Blue Note Records, the iconic label synonymous with jazz excellence. Marsalis’ ...

Danny Bensusan opened the Blue Note in Greenwich Village in 1981 and helped it quickly became home to some of the biggest names in jazz. Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson and Lionel ...

As evidence that great music doesn't get stale but instead improves with age, the Blue Note Connoisseur Series releases Passing Ships, a never-before issued little-big band album by composer-pianist ...

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, ...

In 2004, The New Yorker published an article by David Grann called “Mysterious Circumstances,” about a Sherlock Holmes scholar/fanatic murdered under—you guessed it—mysterious circumstances. Matt ...