Perhaps the most iconic jazz label in history, Blue Note Records has been responsible for many of the most famous jazz albums of all time.
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FEATURE: Rudy Van Gelder: The Man That Made Jazz Sound So Hip
It was Rudy Van Gelder’s brilliant engineering skills that give so many jazz recordings, in particular those for Blue Note Records, their distinctive sound.
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Jazz Typefaces Capture the Essence of 100 Iconic Jazz Musicians
Open Culture writes, “In the 1950s and 60s, one record label stood “like a beacon,” writes Robin Kinross at Eye, among a host of Civil Rights era independents that helped jazz “escape the racial-commercial constraints applied by White Americans, and find its own place, unpatronised and relatively free of exploitation.” That label, Blue Note, ushered in the birth of the cool—both cool jazz and its many hip signifiers—as much through graphic design as through its meticulous approach to recording.”
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Blue Note 1500 Series: Everything You Need To Know
Between 1955 and 1958, Blue Note Records became the standard bearer for post- modern jazz with the influential Blue Note 1500 vinyl series.
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‘Cool Struttin’’: Sonny Clark’s Giant Leap Towards Hard Bop Hipness
An archetypal example of hard bop, Sonny Clark’s 1958 album Cool Struttin’ is one of many classic jazz albums to be found in Blue Note’s influential 1500 series.
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Blue Note’s Storied Jazz Legacy Documented In ‘Beyond the Notes’ Film
The storied Blue Note label will continue its 80th birthday celebrations with Eagle Vision’s release on 6 September of the new documentary Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes.
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Blue Note's High Notes: The Jazz Label Celebrates 80 Years
In 1939, a German-Jewish immigrant (Alfred Lion) and a writer-musician-activist (Max Margulis) founded Blue Note Records, a jazz label, in New York. 2019 marks its 80th anniversary, making it among the oldest American record labels as well as home to some jazz’s most iconic albums -- and most relevant contemporary artists, including Robert Glasper, Norah Jones and Ambrose Akinmusire.
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Legendary Jazz Label Blue Note Announces 80th Anniversary Year Of Celebrations
The landmark will include a documentary film, live events, vinyl catalogue reissues, branded apparel, art prints and much more.
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