His nine-piece Pan-Detroit Ensemble, a jazzy jam band, will bring their massive sound to Ann Arbor's Blue Llama Jazz Club this weekend.

The most storied label in jazz turns 80 this year. This is some of the music that shaped its legacy. Port of Harlem Jazzmen, ‘Mighty Blues’ (1939): After hearing the Meade (Lux) Lewis and Albert ...

The late music icon Frank Sinatra's 1955 album, In the Wee Small Hours, is getting a special vinyl re-release later this year to celebrate its landmark 70th anniversary. Blue Note Records revealed the ...

Sean Moen displays his collection of Blue Note albums during the month of March at the Crete Public Library, 1177 N. Main St. Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred ...

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday et al may be behind us, but the music industry still has some weeks of notable new releases coming. This week’s batch includes some debuts (Out ...

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 will soon add the 1956 album ‘Tenorman’ by the Lawrence Marable Quartet featuring James Clay to their acclaimed ...

After debuting with a clutch of albums on Keynote around the start of the millennium, and then spending five years with Terence Blanchard, Aaron Parks emerged as a fully-fledged bandleader with his ...

Tired of hearing the same holiday jazz playlist every December? This year, Jazz Night in America is doing Christmas differently. We're handing the reins to the ultimate crate-digger: Don Was, ...

Jazz listeners with long memories will remember that Charles Lloyd was not always as revered as he is today. In the 1960s, his association with the "Summer of Love" and San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury ...