Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues.
Originally dedicated to recording traditional jazz and small group swing, from 1947 the label began to switch its attention to modern jazz. While the original company did not itself record many of the pioneers of bebop, significant exceptions are Thelonious Monk, Fats Navarro and Bud Powell.
Historically, Blue Note has principally been associated with the "hard bop" style of jazz (mixing bebop with other forms of music including soul, blues, rhythm and blues and gospel). Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd and Grant Green were among the label's leading artists.
The label is currently owned by the EMI Group and in 2006 was expanded to fill the role of an umbrella label group bringing together a wide variety of EMI-owned labels and imprints specializing in the growing market segment of music for adults.
Vol. 1: Boogie Woogie Blues & Bop
Disc 1:
01. Albert Ammons – Boogie Woogie Stomp
02. Meade Lux Lewis – Chicago Flyer
03. Earl Hines – Reminiscing At Blue Note
04. Sidney Bechet – Summertime
05. Edmond Hall’s Celeste Quartet – Profoundly Blue
06. James P. Johnson’s Blue Note Jazzmen – After You’ve Gone
07. Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five – Old Stack O’Lee Blues
08. Jimmy Hamilton And The Duke’s Men – Blues For Clarinets
09. Ike Quebec Swing Seven – Topsy
10. Ike Quebec Quintet – Blue Harlem
11. Tiny Grimes Swingtet – Tiny’s Boogie Woogie
12. Babs’ Three Bips And A Bop – Lop-Pow
13. Babs’ Three Bips And A Bop – Oop-Pop-A-Da
14. Tadd Dameron – Our Delight
15. Tadd Dameron – Lady Bird
16. McGhee-Navarro Boptet – Boperation
17. James Moody’s Modernists – Tin Tin Deo
18. James Moody’s Modernists – Moody’s All Frantic
Disc 2:
01. Thelonious Monk – Well, You Needn’t
02. Thelonious Monk – Round Midnight
03. Thelonious Monk – Criss Cross
04. Bud Powell – Bouncing With Bud
05. Bud Powell – A Night In Tunisia
06. Bud Powell – Glass Enclosure
07. Wynton Kelly – Born To Be Blue
08. Milt Jackson – Bags’ Groove
09. Miles Davis – Tempus Fugit
10. Horace Silver – Safari
11. Lou Donaldson/Clifford Brown Quintet – Carvin’ The Rock
12. J.J. Johnson – Get Happy
13. Clifford Brown – Easy Living
14. Gil Melle – Timepiece
15. Art Blakey and Sabu – Message From Kenya
16. Herbie Nichols – The Gig
17. Herbie Nichols – Lady Sings the Blues
18. Art Blakey Quintet – Quicksilver
Vol. 2: The Jazz Message
Disc 1:
01. Jazz Messengers – Minor’s Holiday
02. Horace Silver – The Preacher
03. Clifford Brown – Hymn Of The Orient
04. Horace Silver – Senor Blues
05. Hank Mobley – Funk In Deep Freeze
06. Sonny Rollins – Decision
07. Johnny Griffin – Mil Dew
08. John Coltrane – Blue Train
09. Cannonball Adderley with Miles Davis – Autumn Leaves
Disc 2:
01. Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin
02. Bud Powell – John’s Abbey
03. Lee Morgan – I Remeber Clifford
04. Lou Donaldson – Blues Walk
05. Jackie McLean – Appointment In Ghana
06. Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers – Moanin’
07. Stanley Turrentine – Little Sheri
08. Freddie Hubbard – Open Sesame
09. Dexter Gordon – Society Red
Vol. 3: Organ & Soul
Disc 1:
01. Jimmy Smith – Jimmy Smith – The Sermon
02. Baby Face Willette – Baby Face Willette – Something Strange
03. Fred Jackson – Fred Jackson – Southern Exposure
04. Don Wilkerson – Don Wilkerson – Sweet Cakes
05. Ike Quebec – Ike Quebec – Easy – Don’t Hurt
06. Freddie Roach – Freddie Roach – I.Q. Blues
07. John Patton – John Patton – Let ‘Em Roll
08. Grant Green – Grant Green – Blues In Maude’s Flat
Disc 2:
01. Kenny Burrell – Midnight Blue
02. Lou Donaldson – Hog Maw
03. Donald Byrd – Christo Redentor
04. Stanley Turrentine – River’s Invitation
05. Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder
06. Wayne Shorter – Adam’s Apple
07. Hank Mobley – The Turnaround
08. Donald Byrd – Slow Drag
09. Lou Donaldson – Alligator Boogaloo
Vol. 4: Hard Bop & Beyond
Disc 1:
01. Dexter Gordon – Cheese Cake
02. Joe Henderson – Blue Bossa
03. Herbie Hancock – Cantaloupe Island
04. Blue Mitchell – Fungii Mama
05. Horace Silver – Song For My Father
06. Pete LaRoca – Lazy Afternoon
07. Wayne Shorter – Footprints
08. Kenny Dorham – Una Mas
Disc 2:
01. Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage
02. Joe Henderson – Made For Joe
03. Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil
04. Freddie Hubbard – Hub-Tones
05. Hank Mobley – No Room For Squares
06. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Mosaic
07. Lee Morgan – Speedball
08. Bobby Hutcherson – West 22nd Street Theme
09. McCoy Tyner – Passion Dance
Vol. 5: The Avant Garde
Disc 1:
01. Larry Young – The Moontrane
02. Andrew Hill – Black Fire
03. Andrew Hill – Siete Ocho
04. Jackie McLean – Frankenstein
05. Jackie McLean – Kahil The Prophet
06. Tony Williams – Tomorrow Afternoon
07. Sam Rivers – Luminous Monolith
08. Grachan Moncur III – Thandiwa
Disc 2:
01. Eric Dolphy – Hat And Beard
02. Grachan Moncur III – Monk In Wonderland
03. Andrew Hill – New Monastery
04. Eric Dolphy – Out To Lunch
05. Ornette Coleman – Dawn
06. Ornette Coleman – Broad Way Blues
07. Don Cherry – There Is The Bomb
08. Cecil Taylor – Steps
Vol. 6: The New Era
Disc 1:
01. Donald Byrd – (Falling Like) Dominoes
02. Earl Klugh – Angelina
03. Ronnie Laws – Always There
04. Bobby McFerrin – Freedom Is A Voice
05. Stanley Jordan – Lady In My Life
06. Diana Reeves – Never Said
07. Elaine Elias – The Time Is Now
08. Rachelle Ferrell – You Don’t Know What Love Is
09. John Scofield – I’ll Take Les
10. Cassandra Wilson – I Can’t Stand The Rain
11. Charlie Hunter – Fistful Of Haggis
12. Us3 – Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
Disc 2:
01. Joe Henderson – Beatrice
02. Freddie Hubbard & Woddy Shaw – Nostrand And Fulton
03. McCoy Tyner – Lonnie’s Lament
04. Tony Williams – Red Mask
05. Don Pullen & George Adams – Song From The Old Country
06. Benny Green – Bish Bash
07. Joe Lovano – Lines & Spaces
08. Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Well, You Needn’t
09. Javon Jackson – Not Yet
10. Jacky Terrasson – I Love Paris
11. Greg Osby – Miss D’Meena
Vol. 7: Blue Note Now As Then
Disc 1:
01. Dianne Reeves & Geri Allen – Maiden Voyage
02. Jacky Terrasson Trio – Un Poco Loco
03. John Scofield – Tom Thumb
04. Cassandra Wilson – Joshua Fit The Battle Ob Jerico
05. Bob Belden & Tim Hagans – Siete Ocho
06. Marcus Printup – You’ve Changed
07. Holly Cole – Hum Drum Blues
08. Geoff Keezer – 2300 Skidoo
09. Renee Rosnes – Song For My Father
10. Kurt Elling – Tanganyika Dance
11. Fareed Haque – Soul Lament
12. Ron Carter & T.S. Monk – Evidence
13. Eliane Elias – Una Mas
Disc 2:
01. Kevin Eubanks – Little B’s Poem
02. Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Recado Bossa Nova
03. New Stars – Omega
04. Bobby Watson & Jack Walrath – Cristo Redentor
05. Kevin Hays Trio – Inner Urge
06. Reuben Wilson – Love Bug
07. Joe Lovano, Wallace Roney & Geri Allen – Good Old Days
08. Detroit Generation – Spellbound
09. Lonnie Smith & Us3 Horns – Move Your Hand
