Blue Note

Headquarters: New York, NY

Founded: 1939

Founded by: Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff

Link: Official Site

Genre(s):
 * Blues
 * Jazz
 * Hard Bop
 * Bebop
 * Avant Garde
 * Free Jazz

Active Roster

 * Madlib
 * McCoy Tyner
 * Joe Lovano
 * Greg Osby
 * Jason Moran
 * Norah Jones
 * Van Morrison
 * Al Green
 * Anita Baker
 * Amos Lee
 * Wynton Marsalis

Inactive Roster

 * Ike Quebec
 * Thelonious Monk
 * Art Blakey
 * Tadd Dameron
 * Fats Navarro
 * Howard McGhee
 * James Moody
 * Bud Powell
 * J.J. Johnson
 * Miles Davis
 * Horace Silver
 * The Jazz Messengers
 * Milt Jackson
 * The Modern Jazz Quartet
 * Clifford Brown
 * Herbie Nichols
 * Sonny Rollins
 * Hank Mobley
 * Lee Morgan
 * Sonny Clark
 * Kenny Dorham
 * Kenny Burrell
 * Jackie McLean
 * Donald Byrd
 * Lou Donaldson
 * John Coltrane
 * Cannonball Adderley
 * Dexter Gordon
 * Herbie Hancock
 * Wayne Shorter
 * Ron Carter
 * Tony Williams
 * Freddie Hubbard
 * Grant Green
 * Joe Henderson
 * Kenny Dorham
 * Lee Morgan
 * Hank Mobley
 * Horace Silver
 * Andrew Hill
 * Eric Dolphy
 * Ornette Coleman
 * Cecil Taylor
 * Sam Rivers
 * Bobby Hutcherson
 * Duke Pearson
 * Larry Young

Key Releases

 * Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
 * Jimmy Smith - House Party
 * Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch

Biography
Blue Note was founded in 1939 and became one of the biggest names in Jazz. Their early records were most known for the Hard Bop and Bebop styles, though later they grew to embrace Free Jazz as well. In 1979, Blue Note was phased out by its purchaser, EMI, until 1985, when it became part of the EMI Manhattan label, though by the 1990s it had become a known force in Jazz again and continues to put out well-received both commercially and critically, albums, both new and reissue.