Big news is in from the legendary label Blue Note, as it celebrates 80 years of producing some of the finest jazz in the world - there'll be several new vinyl series,
a documentary film and special global live events.
I don't remember when I first heard of Blue Note, or listened to my first of its hundreds of albums, but it's always been part of my musical psyche.
It's 80 years this month since Alfred Lion produced his first recording session in New York City with two
Boogie Woogie pianists.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Blue Note went on to record Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Jimmy Smith, Dexter Gordon, Grant Green, Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Charles Lloyd, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor and many, many more.
Today, it's got Robert Glasper and Joel Ross and is one of the flagship labels of the Capitol Music Group and Universal Music Group.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Blue Note went on to record Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Jimmy Smith, Dexter Gordon, Grant Green, Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Charles Lloyd, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor and many, many more.
Today, it's got Robert Glasper and Joel Ross and is one of the flagship labels of the Capitol Music Group and Universal Music Group.
I can't wait to see some of the celebration releases promised in this special year.
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