Blue Note will soon add the 1956 album ‘Tenorman’ by the Lawrence Marable Quartet featuring James Clay to their acclaimed ...

Sophie Huber's documentary 'Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes' chronicles the history of the seminal jazz record label. By Frank Scheck Sophie Huber’s consistently fascinating documentary about Blue ...

Midway through the essential new documentary, “Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes,” famed jazz pianist and producer Robert Glasper tries to describe the music he has spent his career furthering but ...

His nine-piece Pan-Detroit Ensemble, a jazzy jam band, will bring their massive sound to Ann Arbor's Blue Llama Jazz Club this weekend.

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’ ...

Musicians young and old drop a lot of heavy-duty jazz wisdom throughout Beyond the Notes, a new documentary about Blue Note Records that features commentary from the label’s Sixties stars such as ...

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Jazz is an art form that can be examined any number of ways — historically, racially, structurally, even philosophically — but choosing one of those runs the risk of ignoring the equally-important ...

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 — ...

Personnel Includes Such Classic Blue Note Artists As Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Jimmy Smith, Cecil Taylor, And McCoy Tyner The newly edited video ...

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes, a stylish and engaging new documentary by Sophie Huber, opens in the recording studio, with a top-tier crew of modern jazz musicians going about their business.