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  Features3 months ago

  Best Jazz Albums: Essential Albums You Need To Hear

  Including career-defining sessions that continue to make their influence felt, the best jazz albums of all time offer a wealth of stunning, must-hear music.

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  Playlists4 months ago

  The 50 Greatest Live Jazz Albums

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  Features5 months ago

  Lost Blue Note Albums: 12 Buried Treasures You Need To Discover

  Blue Note’s output was so prolific that many of its greatest sessions got shelved. These lost Blue Note albums more than deserve their due.

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  Features5 months ago

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  In-Depth11 months ago

  Blue Note Records: A Short History Of A Jazz Institution

  Founded in 1939 by Alfred Lion, Blue Note is loved, respected, and revered as one of the most important record labels in the history of music.

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  Features11 months ago

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  After being shelved for over 30 years, Grant Green’s ‘Born To Be Blue’ album finally received the attention it truly deserved.

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  Features12 months ago

  The 50 Greatest Blue Note Albums

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  Features12 months ago

  ‘Grant’s First Stand’: Proving That Guitarist Grant Green Had Legs

  The debut album by a prolific musician, ‘Grant’s First Stand’ is a significant work that set out the Blue Note musician’s highly personal manifesto.

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  News5 years ago

  Revered Jazz Drummer Louis Hayes Signs With Blue Note

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