Blue Note has announced a new Essentials series, featuring releases from Chet Baker, Herbie Hancock, and more.

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’ ...

Musician and producer Don Was has returned to his hometown of metro Detroit. Was has formed a new nine-piece group, the Pan-Detroit Ensemble, which recently released its first album. The ensemble will ...

The name Blue Note Records calls to mind a once-regnant sound in jazz: the hard-bop of the 1950s and ’60s, with its springy four-beat swing rhythm, its spare-but-lush horn harmonies, its flinty, ...

<em xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The most storied label in jazz turns 80 this year. This is some of the music that shaped its legacy.</em> Port of Harlem ...

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 — ...

Gabrielle Cavassa released several singles in advance of her major label debut on Blue Note Records, “Diavola,” which arrives ...