So Blue Note is now treating its vinyl reissues right–if somewhat confusingly. What to make of the choices for this latest batch of treasures from the vault? Blue Note moves in mysterious ways. It ...
Blue Note Records’ Classic Vinyl Reissue Series is revisiting trumpeter Blue Mitchell’s 1964 label debut ‘The Thing To Do.' ...
Might as well start at the inception of Blue Note Records with Alfred Lion's first release, BN 1. A record collector himself, he persuaded two pianists, Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis to record a ...
Soon to be reissued by Blue Note, saxophonist Stanley Turrentine's 1966 album ‘Easy Walker,’ will join the label's Classic Vinyl series.
There are two kinds of obsessive record collectors: those who buy original pressings of rare old LPs because they’re rare and old, and those who buy them because they sound good. In the jazz world one ...
Saxophone giant Sonny Rollins had already established himself throughout the 1950s with a string of albums on the Prestige label, including the esteemed Saxophone Colossus, which was released shortly ...
Dexter Gordon’s career as a jazz saxophonist began in the early ’40s playing with such greats as Nat King Cole, Lionel Hampton, and Dizzy Gillespie, but most of his following decade was derailed by ...
11 records we love from Blue Note and Colemine Records that are must own albums if you love jazz, soul, and R&B. Music venues are finally starting to reopen across the continent which is an ...