Jazz

Cherry is the 1972 studio album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, who... 

Bill Frisell convenes a new line-up of musical friends on his third Blue Note album Four, which features the acclaimed guitarist with Greg... 

Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub is a thrilling previously unissued live recording of Elvin Jones’ quartet that captures the... 

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Much like Santa Claus himself, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong devoted his life to "the cause of happiness," as he once put... 

Much like Santa Claus himself, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong devoted his life to "the cause of happiness," as he once... 

Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s 1966 album Stick-Up! found him in the company of a new band line-up with Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Herbie... 

Tenor saxophonist Harold Vick was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and played with R&B bands coming up before working as a sideman with... 

After the success of “Expansions”, Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes were riding high, with Lonnie... 

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The great tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine imbued every single note he played with a depth of feeling and soulfulness that still... 

In 2012, Robert Glasper changed the game. After several acclaimed Blue Note albums including Canvas and... 

The members of the legendary original 1990s Joshua Redman Quartet—Redman (saxophone), Brad Mehldau (piano), Christian McBride... 

In These Times is a collection of polytemporal compositions inspired as much by broader cultural struggles as McCraven’s personal experience... 

In These Times is a collection of polytemporal compositions inspired as much by broader cultural struggles as McCraven’s personal... 

Previously thought to be lost to time: this album contains remasters from the original session reels for It’s... 

With such iconic tracks as “Christmas Time is Here” and “Linus and Lucy,” the Vince Guaraldi... 

This deluxe 2-LP set of A Charlie Brown Christmas features a brand-new Stereo Mix of the classic album remastered... 

The Comet is Coming returns with their 2nd full length album on Impulse! Records. Shabaka, Danalogue, and Betamax’s... 

The Comet is Coming returns with their 2nd full length album on Impulse! Records. Shabaka, Danalogue, and... 

Today sees the phenomenal, London based 8-piece band Kokoroko anounce their long-awaited debut album Could We Be More via Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood... 

True Jazz today is becoming a rare art whose existence depends not only on the Jazz-musician but also... 

Saxophonist Joe Lovano signed with Blue Note Records in 1990 and over the next 25 years became one of the most recorded artists in... 

4-time GRAMMY-winning producer Larry Klein, who produced Herbie Hancock’s GRAMMY Album of the Year winning release River: The... 

Until the emergence of Larry Young, Blue Note’s Hammond B3 organ tradition was firmly rooted in Soul Jazz, having been established by B3 trailblazer... 

Wayne Shorter had already set a high bar over the course of his first several Blue Note albums, which included all-time jazz classics including... 

This recording is the King of Latin Soul’s 1967 debut album featuring his classic swinging and... 

Blue Note Re:imagined returns in 2022 with a new 16-track compilation featuring fresh takes on music from the illustrious Blue Note... 

Blue Note Re:imagined returns in 2022 with a new 16-track compilation featuring fresh takes on music from the illustrious... 

What Kinda Music is an astonishing collaboration between two artists of very different disciples, and one of the most... 

This previously unreleased album by the Horace Tapscott Quintet was unearthed from... 

The deeply soulful Louisiana-born tenor saxophonist Don Wilkerson made his Blue Note debut in 1962 with Preach Brother!, an under-recognized soul... 

Between September 1963 and March 1964, the singular New York City-born saxophonist George Braith recorded three Blue Note sessions that introduced... 

Guitarist Julian Lage (“one of the most dazzling improvisers around”—NY Times) returns with a stunning new album View With A... 

Modern Lore finds Lage playfully flipping the script he followed on his acclaimed 2016 Mack Avenue debut, Arclight. That album — produced, like... 

Hailed as one of the most prodigious guitarists of his generation, Julian Lage has spent more than a decade searching through the myriad strains... 

The 2022 return of Ronnie Foster to Blue Note Records is an event of synergistic quintessence, completeness, and cool. The organ great’s dynamic... 

Coltrane’s breakout year, when his mature sound first grabbed ears... 

Labyrinth is dark, brooding, beat-heavy, melancholic mood music courtesy of Ian Carr and the Nucleus crew. A favourite of Madlib, it... 

Under The Sun is the follow-up to the astonishing Roots and contains yet more absolutely essential Nucleus material. Originally released on... 

Amaryllis & Belladonna
May 13, 2022
Brooklyn-based guitarist, composer, and... 

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Classic jazz-funk fusion from the late, great Japanese guitarist Ryo Kawasaki. Recorded in New York, and originally released in 1976, 'Juice' presents... 

Max Roach wasn't just one of the greatest drummers and percussionists in jazz history; he was also one of the greatest bandleaders in... 

With its three compositions by Thelonious Monk, one might call this LP from 1964 “3 Standards and... 

The global corporation Columbia recorded and released only two LPs with pianist Bill... 

Yusuf Lateef was a leading representative of world music, long before world music was known as such in... 

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The beloved, historic & previously unreleased recording by the famous Guitar Trio: Al Di Meola, John... 

The beloved, historic & previously unreleased recording by the famous Guitar Trio: Al Di Meola, John... 

SPECIAL EDITION TIP-ON SLEEVE WITH OBI The Mankunku Quartet's 1968 album 'Yakhal' Inkomo’ clocks in at just over 30 minutes of... 

Drummer and composer Kendrick Scott presents Corridors, a striking new album that finds the Houston-born drummer and composer paring down... 

The Jazz Messengers were a jazz combo that was founded by Art... 

Ra to the Rescue is one of the rarer albums in the Sun Ra canon. There's a reason, and it has nothing to do with quality content (or lack... 

Charles Lloyd has long been a free spirit, master musician, and visionary. For more than 6 decades the legendary saxophonist... 

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With Blacknuss, it’s as if Kirk is taking listeners on a trip – from the top forty world of Soul Train to the roots of soul in... 

All Analog Roland Kirk, Pre-Rahsaan?!

Sightless, peerless, multi-instrumentalist, Roland’s... 

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In May of 1957, Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers went into the studio with Thelonious Monk to record... 

Lou Donaldson had already been at the helm of seven Blue Note sessions by the time he made his undisputed masterpiece Blues Walk in 1958. The... 

The first thing that strikes you about Kenny Burrell’s second Blue Note album, simply titled Kenny Burrell (BLP 1543) and released as... 

On August 16, 1958, just a few months after Ella Fitzgerald recorded her now-classic album, Ella... 

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Released in 1961, My Favorite Things made John Coltrane a star with box-office pulling power previously preserved... 

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Brother Jack McDuff was already a well-established and prolific organist who led his own soul jazz bands throughout the 1960s when... 

Organist Ronnie Foster has collaborated with many greats over the course of his career from George Benson to the Jacksons to Stevie... 

In the early 1960s, the great composer, arranger, and bandleader Gerald Wilson began recording... 

One of the more remarkable albums in Freddie Hubbard's formidable Blue Note oeuvre, Breaking Point! was recorded... 

Art Blakey is one of the greatest jazz drummers and first made name for... 

Gregory Porter’s GRAMMY-nominated debut studio album Water was released in 2010, and is now re-issued on Blue Note. The album was recorded in... 

Gregory Porter’s GRAMMY-nominated debut studio album Water was released in 2010, and is now re-issued on Blue Note. The album was... 

Hank Mobley was famously called the “middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone” with a round sound and an incredible rhythmic lightness on... 

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Trombone Shorty returns with Lifted, his first album in 5 years and the follow-up to his Blue Note debut Parking Lot Symphony, featuring special... 

“These meetings tell us what a peculiar and wonderful pianist Reim is at his best … ” – Tor Hammerø / Nettavisen... 

London-based keyboardist/producer Dan Nicholls (of Y-OTIS) introduces a new album project ‘Mattering And Meaning’ to be... 

It’s a sign of the sheer volume of top-notch hard bop that Blue Note was recording in the 1950s-60s that a supremely swinging date like... 

Jackie McLean’s 1960s Blue Note output is a fascinating body of work, especially viewed with the benefit of hindsight. In between...