Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. It is principally 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 and Art Blakey are the artists most closely linked to the label, but almost all the important musicians in postwar jazz recorded for Blue Note on occasion.

References

• Cook, Richard. Blue Note Records: A Biography. ISBN 1932112103.
• Cuscuna, Michael & Ruppli, Michel The Blue Note Label: A Discography. ISBN 0313318263
• Marsh, Graham & Callingham, Glyn. Blue Note: Album Cover Art. ISBN 0811836886.
• Marsh, Graham Blue Note 2: the Album Cover Art: The Finest in Jazz Since 1939. ISBN 0811818535
• Wolff, Francis et al. Blue Note Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff. ISBN 0789304937.