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  Features11 months ago

  Hard Bop’s Signature Tune? Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers‘ ‘Moanin’

  Moanin’ is a hard bop classic and a major album that established Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers as one of jazz’s premier outfits.

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  Features1 year ago

  ‘Meet You At The Jazz Corner Of The World’: A Night With Art Blakey

  Featuring one of Art Blakey’s most vital Jazz Messengers line-ups, ‘Meet You At The Jazz Corner Of The World’ is a stunning live album.

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  News1 year ago

  Blue Note To Issue Unreleased Art Blakey Album ‘Just Coolin”

  The opening track from the LP, 'Hipsippy Blues,' is now available to stream or download.

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  News1 year ago

  Miles Mosley And Tony Austin Of ‘The West Coast Get Down’ Share Their Favourite LPs In ‘Shoplifting’ Series

  The series, which first premiered on 18 April, pairs some of the biggest names in music with classic vinyl albums.

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  News1 year ago

  Tony Allen, Pioneering Afrobeat Drummer, Dead At 79

  Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea described the late musician as ""one of the greatest drummers to ever walk this earth"

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  News1 year ago

  Wallace Roney, Famed Jazz Trumpeter And Bandleader Dies Aged 59

  Roney also recorded as a sideman with jazz greats like McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie, Elvin Jones, Chick Corea and Ornette Coleman.

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  Features2 years ago

  A Guide To Blue Note: 10 Essential Albums You Must Hear

  Highlighting entry points to an overwhelming amount of music, this guide to Blue Note will help you tell your Art from your Thelonious.

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  Features2 years ago

  Brian Reitzell’s Guide To Blue Note: 16 Tracks He Can’t Live Without

  TV and film composer Brian Reitzell always turns to the Blue Note label for inspiration. Here are the 16 tracks he can’t live without.

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  Features2 years ago

  Art Blakey: How The Jazz Messenger Shaped The Future Of Jazz

  Leading many musicians through his “Hard Bop Academy”, Art Blakey was one of the most important jazz drummers in history.

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  News3 years ago

  Blue Note Launches Limited Edition Wall Art Series Of Classic Album Designs

  The series will celebrate the bespoke imagery of the label's classic era with framed canvas prints in archival quality,

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  Playlists3 years ago

  Blue Note: The Finest In Jazz since 1939

  The iconic Blue Note record label was established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, releasing both traditional and modern jazz music in various forms ever since.

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  News3 years ago

  Legendary Jazz Label Blue Note Announces 80th Anniversary Year Of Celebrations

  The landmark will include a documentary film, live events, vinyl catalogue reissues, branded apparel, art prints and much more.

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  News3 years ago

  ‘Blue Note Review Volume Two’ Offers More Vintage And Modern-Day Treasures

  The new release follows the sellout success of the first volume and is again curated by Blue Note president Don Was.

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  New Releases4 years ago

  One Drumming Giant Salutes Another, On Tony Allen’s Art Blakey EP

  Revered drummer Tony Allen will release an EP tribute to another drum master on 19 May, 2017, when Blue Note issue Allen's A Tribute To Art Blakey.

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  News5 years ago

  Lee Morgan Biopic Comes To New York & London

  I Called Him Morgan, the documentary about jazz trumpet great Lee Morgan, is showing this month at the New York and London Film Festivals.