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, ...

Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff had two main things in common. Both were Jews who’d fled Germany, and both loved jazz, though their initial fervor was for traditional New Orleans sounds and ...

This label’s 86-year run has been one of the most storied in jazz — and it’s still going. Hear tracks by Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Robert Glasper and more from the Blue Note catalog.

Blue Note Records started releasing jazz records 85 years ago this month when German-Jewish immigrant Alfred Lion held the first recording sessions for the label in New York City. Much has changed ...