Blue Note
Est. 1939 · New York
Est. 1939 · New York
Eighty-seven years of recording the most important music in American history. From Thelonious Monk's angular compositions to Robert Glasper's genre-defying sessions, Blue Note has never stopped listening.
For three decades, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers served as the definitive finishing school for jazz. Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis -- they all came through the Messengers. Blakey's polyrhythmic thunder was the engine; the young musicians he mentored became the future.
Close your eyes. The crackle between tracks. A tenor saxophone rises out of silence. The room fills. This is how jazz was meant to be heard -- not streamed, but felt.
Enter the room"Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life."
Art Blakey, 1919 -- 1990
Alfred Lion and Max Margulis found Blue Note Records in New York City. The first sessions: boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis.
The hard bop era. Reid Miles designs the iconic covers. Francis Wolff shoots every session.
Monk's Dream · Moanin' · Somethin' Else · Blue Train
The golden age. Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson push the music forward. Every session is a masterpiece. Every cover is a design classic.
Maiden Voyage · Speak No Evil · The Sidewinder · Unit Structures
The revival. Bruce Lundvall relaunches the label. Wynton Marsalis brings jazz back to the mainstream. The catalog is remastered for digital.
A new generation: Robert Glasper, Nubya Garcia, Joel Ross, Ambrose Akinmusire. Jazz is alive. The vinyl revival brings collectors back to the original pressings.
Black Radio III · Odyssey · The Parable of the Poet
Over 4,000 albums. Original mono pressings, remastered editions, limited-run 180-gram vinyl. Every groove carries history.
4,000+
Albums
87
Years
1,200
Artists
