Tag Archives: Blue Note

BLUE LIGHT | BLUE NOTE

When singer Cassandra Wilson arrived at Blue Note in 1993 she was already well over a decade into her career as a jazz-blues singer, highly respected but not particularly well known. Then something in the musical alchemy of artist, label/production and material made Blue Light ’Til Dawn a very special release that gained here world-wide […]

THE ART OF MOANIN’

The late 1950s were a fabulously fertile time for jazz and a first pinnacle in the history of the Blue Note record label. The confluence of established stars with emerging players made for a swirling outpouring of creativity that resonated down the decades. One of the major figures of the period (and both before and […]