Blue note jazz

Some Blue Note artists: (l-r) Art Blakey, Hank Mobley, Herbie Hancock x2, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter

Graphic artist John Hermansader provides a direct link between early European modernist thought and a later mid-century icon of American modernism. Hermansader was born in 1916 near Reading, Pennsylvania. 3 years later Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany. Hermansader, probably in his late-teens or early-20s, went to Memphis to study design (possibly at the Memphis Academy of Arts). The Bauhaus moved to Dessau in 1925 and then to Berlin in 1932 before being closed due to…

Blue Note is an iconic jazz label, so we've put together a list of its greatest albums. Check out our picks from the label's catalogue here.

Clarendon in Use

BLUE NOTE RECORDS HISTORY In 1925,16-year old Alfred Lion noticed a concert poster for Sam Wooding's orchestra near his favourite ice-skating arena in his native Berlin, Germany. He'd heard many of his mother's jazz records and began to take an interest in the music, but that night his life was changed. The impact of what he heard live touched a deep passion within him. His thirst for the music temporarily brought him to New York in 1928 where he worked on the docks and slept in Central Park…

Blue Note – A Story Of Modern Jazz is one of my favorite documentaries. I remember getting this documentary on VHS as part of a “free with purchase” promotion at Borders Books &am…

Jazz album covers by record labels such as Blue Note and Verve were pretty cool and well designed when they were originally released. However designer Jeff Rochester from America has recently picked some classic album covers like Blue Train by John Coltrane, Time Out by Dave Brubeck and Kind of Blue by Miles Davis and given them a reworking – Nice

Hans-Jürgen Spohn, poster artwork for blue note international Jazz Center Berlin, 1960. Source

As we head into the festive season, we have a number of gift ideas that will be perfect for jazz fans. These include a Japanese-only Sonny Clark LP, some rare British jazz from John Surman, [...]