'Beyond the Notes,' a new doc about Blue Note Records, illustrates why the label has had such a vast influence in jazz, hip-hop and beyond.

By the mid-1950s, 12-inch LPs — the kind that are still used today — were the new standard, and Blue Note’s first were Miles Davis, Vol. 1 & 2 in 1956. Both of those covers were among the ...

Jazz may be a quintessentially American art form, but it is Europeans who make some of the best jazz documentaries, with the captivating “Blue Note Records: Beyond The Notes” being the latest ...

“Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes” screens just once during Sound Unseen: on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. at the Trylon.

The act, featuring a trio of unspeaking bald blue performers, began a Boston residency at the Charles Playhouse in 1995. They ...

But it will reward the close attention of those who loved the Blue Notes and their music. Blue Notes Blue Notes For Johnny Ogun 2022 Blue Notes For Johnny is a different sort of wake. It was recorded ...

Sophie Huber's documentary 'Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes' chronicles the history of the seminal jazz record label. By Frank Scheck Sophie Huber’s consistently fascinating documentary ...

Music Notes: what’s blue and Greek and sung all over? by Ulysses Smith October 31, 2002 August 19, 2021. ... the music commonly known as the “Greek blues,” until 1994, when he was 18.

Blue Mitchell was a trumpet player who recorded in the 1950s and ’60s. The publication All Music Guide writes that he “tends to be overlooked today . . . despite his undeniable talent.” ...

All of which brings me to Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes, a solid vocal group traveling with a very good band and an admirable professionalism. They were in town Friday night and ran through a ...

Critics have never stopped writing about "Kind of Blue," and Ashley Kahn's absorbing 2000 book, "Kind of Blue," is devoted exclusively to the making of this classic album and its lasting influence.