Chilean saxophonist Melissa Aldana and her quartet featuring Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba perform a stunning NPR Tiny Desk Concert as part of NPR Music’s annual Hispanic Heritage Month series, “El Tiny.” Along with bassist Pablo Menares and drummer Kush Abadey, the quartet plays music from... read more
Meshell Ndegeocello has shared the final single to be revealed from her forthcoming Blue Note album Synonym which finds the acclaimed singer-bassist-producer reimagining and reconceptualizing a brilliantly curated collection of classic songs as duets with an astounding rollcall of special guests.... read more
Blue Note Records China, the newly established jazz label under Universal Music Greater China, today announced the upcoming release of its new compilation album, NOW’S THE TIME: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY CHINESE JAZZ [Vol. 1]. The lead single, “Arc Light,” performed by Red Hand Band and... read more
Saxophonist Joshua Redman celebrates Sonny Rollins with the Nov. 20 release of his 3rd Blue Note album, If Ever You Would Leave Us (we play for Rollins), a remarkable paean to the indelible impact of the Saxophone Colossus. It features 11 inspired selections from Rollins’ repertoire performed in... read more
Nat King Cole’s jazz vocal masterpiece gets a definitive presentation with the release of After Midnight: The Complete Sessions, which will be reissued on November 13 in Blue Note’s acclaimed Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Series marking the album’s 70th anniversary. The expanded 2-LP set... read more
Kiefer has shared “BusyForYa” featuring Planet Giza and Shibo, a lyrical jazz-meets-hip-hop gem that is the third single to be revealed from Memory Bomb, the pianist’s solo debut for Blue Note Records which comes out Sept. 25. Produced with his collaborators Shibo and CARRTOONS, the album... read more
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis and vocalist Dianne Reeves have shared the new single “Dedicated to You,” the title track of their forthcoming John Coltrane tribute album which will be released on Sept. 18 in celebration of the jazz legend’s centennial. Dedicated to You offers new renditions of... read more
On Meshell Ndegeocello’s 3rd Blue Note album Synonym, the acclaimed singer-bassist-producer reimagines and reconceptualizes a brilliantly curated collection of classic songs as duets with an astounding rollcall of special guests. Ndegeocello joins forces with singer-guitarist Lianne La Havas on... read more