Blue Note

Blue Note

Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, Blue Note is an encompassing label which spans the evolution of Jazz from Early Jazz through to Bebop, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Soul Jazz, Avant-Garde, Fusion & into the vibrant sounds of now.
33 products
Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes’ What Kinda Music – an astonishing collaboration between two artists of very different disciplines, and one of the most unique and seamlessly original projects of its ilk to date. 
What Kinda Music
Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes
Jazz
£26.00
Blue Note Re:imagined is a brand-new collection of classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene’s most exciting young talents.
Blue Note Re:Imagined
Various Artists
Contemporary Jazz
£37.00
On his third date for Blue Note within a year, Wayne Shorter changed the bands that played on both Night Dreamer and Juju and came up with not only another winner, but also managed to give critics and jazz fans a different look at him as a saxophonist.
Speak No Evil
Wayne Shorter
Jazz
£26.00
Donald Byrd’s 1975 album Places and Spaces featuring the hits “Wind Parade” and “Dominoes” was the culmination of the great trumpeter’s fusion period.
Places and Spaces
Donald Byrd
Jazz
£28.00
This is truly one of the great classics of hard bop, with drummer Art Blakey leading arguably his greatest Jazz Messengers lineup through a driving program that never lets up. Tenor saxophonist Benny Golson (whose composition Along Came Betty is heard here, subsequently becoming a jazz classic), brilliant trumpeter Lee Morgan, and funky pianist Bobby Timmons (who wrote the hit title cut) each take some of the best solos of their great careers, and Blakey was never greater. No jazz record collection should be without this disc. It remains one of the premier items in Blue Note's catalogue, and rightfully so.
Moanin'
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Jazz
£24.00
NOT TiGHT is the long-awaited debut album from virtuosic Gen Z duo, DOMi and JD Beck, released on Anderson .Paak’s new label Apeshit in partnership with the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records. 
NOT TiGHT
DOMi and JD Beck
Jazz
£25.00
Blue Note Re:imagined returns this year with a new 16-track compilation featuring fresh takes on music from the illustrious Blue Note vaults recorded by a heavyweight line-up of the UK jazz, soul and R&B scene’s most hotly-tipped rising stars.
Blue Note Re:Imagined II
Various Artists
Contemporary Jazz
£33.00
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Happenings
Bobby Hutcherson
Jazz
£28.00
Two months after recording The Sidewinder, trumpet legend Lee Morgan was back in Van Gelder Studio in February 1964 creating his masterful sextet album Search for the New Land with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Grant Green, Reggie Workman, and Billy Higgins.
Search For The Land
Lee Morgan
Jazz
£29.00
This gatefold Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog.
Speak Like A Child (Classic Vinyl)
Herbie Hancock
Jazz
£28.00
As his only release for Blue Note, this 1957 set is one of the finest bop albums recorded. 
Blue Train
John Coltrane
Jazz
£33.00
Carried by its almost impossibly infectious eponymous opening track, The Sidewinder helped foreshadow the sounds of boogaloo and soul-jazz with its healthy R&B influence and Latin tinge.
The Sidewinder
Lee Morgan
Jazz
£25.00
When jazz bass virtuoso Paul Chambers recorded his third and final album as a Blue Note lead, Bass On Top, he was already well established.
Bass On Top
Paul Chambers
Jazz
£18.00
Hammond B3 organist Freddie Roach began a run of Blue Note leader dates with his excellent 1962 debut Down To Earth. The deeply soulful set was a showcase of his nuanced, bluesy sound and thoroughly enjoyable original tunes like “Althea Soon” that were ideal vehicles for this swinging band with Percy France, Kenny Burrell, and Clarence Johnston. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Down to Earth (Classic Vinyl)
Freddie Roach
Jazz
£29.00
The guitarist’s acclaimed 1961 debut. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on 28th January 1961.
Grant's First Stand
Grant Green
Jazz
£21.00
Invigorating six-song hard bop masterclass.
Roll Call (Classic Vinyl)
Hank Mobley
Jazz
£30.00
Recorded and released in 1969, Herbie Hancock’s last Blue Note album The Prisoner is a powerful but overlooked masterpiece.
The Prisoner
Herbie Hancock
Jazz
£37.00
Here's another classic from one of the greatest vibraphone players to ever grace the world of jazz.
San Francisco
Bobby Hutcherson
Jazz
£28.00
Blue Note Re:imagined II once again infuses the spirit of the new UK jazz generation into the legendary label’s iconic catalogue.
Blue Note Re:imagined II (2LP clear Vinyl)
Various Artists
Contemporary Jazz
£35.00
Gregory Porter’s new release Still Rising, due out November 5, is an exquisite collection of musical delights. The first disc includes four brand-new tracks, two new arrangements, three new covers, and nine of Porter’s most loved Blue Note tracks. The second disc features notable duets including songs with Moby, Jamie Cullum, Jeff Goldblum, Renée Fleming, Dianne Reeves, Lalah Hathaway, Laura Mvula, Lizz Wright, and others. The new song and first single from the album “Dry Bones,” written and produced by Troy Miller (Diana Ross, Rag’n’Bone Man, Emeli Sandé), is available to stream or download today.
Still Rising
Gregory Porter
Jazz
£27.00
1960’s Look Out!—the debut album by Stanley Turrentine—announced the arrival of a deeply soulful saxophonist who imbued every note he played with feeling.
Lookout (Classic Vinyl)
Stanley Turrentine
Jazz
£30.00
Now, nearly 50 years later, that recording of the great trumpeter’s dynamic set will be officially released for the first time ever on what would have been Byrd’s 90th birthday: December 9, 2022.
Donald Byrd - Live, Cookin' with Blue Note at Montreux
Donald Byrd
Jazz
£30.00
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Say It Loud (Classic Vinyl)
Lou Donaldson
Jazz
£30.00
Saxophonist Joe Henderson expanded his palette on his vigorous 1966 album Mode for Joe with a dynamic septet.
Mode For Joe
Joe Henderson
Jazz
£29.00
Lonnie Smith’s 1970 album Drives was a showcase of the organist’s sense of adventure and indomitable groove.
Drives
Lonnie Smith
Jazz
£29.00
In addition to boasting one of Reid Miles’ greatest album cover designs, Hank Mobley’s 1963 album No Room for Squares is a marvel for the music alone.
No Room for Squares (Classic Vinyl)
Hank Mobley
Jazz
£29.00
Meshell Ndegeocello’s 2nd Blue Note album No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin pays homage to the eminent writer and activist James Baldwin. Ndegeocello’s transformative music and collaborative spirit ignites this genre-bending work that is at once a musical experience, a church service, a celebration, a testimonial, and a call to action.
Gospel Of James Baldwin
Meshell Ndegeocello
Contemporary
£38.00
The Tokyo Blues is an album that reflects Horace Silver's deep musicality, cultural curiosity, and love for the blues.
The Tokyo Blues
The Horace Silver Quintet
Jazz
£37.00
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Serenade to a Soul Sister (Classic Vinyl)
Horace Silver
Jazz
£30.00
First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings is a thrilling previously unreleased live recording of Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers captured at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo on January 14, 1961 during the band’s first-ever tour of Japan.
First Flight To Tokyo
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Jazz
£45.00
Less overtly adventurous than its predecessor, Empyrean Isles, Maiden Voyage nevertheless finds Herbie Hancock at a creative peak.
Maiden Voyage (Blue Note Reissue) INDIES LIMITED EDITION BLUE VINYL
Herbie Hancock
Jazz
£28.00
40th anniversary remastered edition of the classic soul album from 1981.
The Poet
Bobby Womack
Soul
£28.00
While Joe Henderson seemed to arrive fully formed on his auspicious 1963 debut Page One, the album was really a showcase for the transcendent collaboration between the tenor saxophonist and trumpeter Kenny Dorham who would form a potent frontline team on numerous mid-60s Blue Note classics.
Page One
Joe Henderson
Jazz
£29.00