East Side Jam is a one-night-only concert celebrating the musical legacy of the east side of Hawaiʻi, featuring an all-star ...

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In a DIY age, some artists might see diminished benefits in associating with a legacy organization that sports the tagline The Finest in Jazz Since 1939. The company's president sees otherwise. Editor ...

Music Matters has been reissuing classic Blue Note jazz records since 2007. It has dug deep into the catalog, remastering lesser known, infrequently heard titles, and done so with passionate attention ...

There are two kinds of obsessive record collectors: those who buy original pressings of rare old LPs because they’re rare and old, and those who buy them because they sound good. In the jazz world one ...

Blue Note! For many of us, the words alone are enough to send a tingle down the spine, conjuring up the indefinable magic of a golden age of jazz. What were the elements that made classic Blue Note ...

The name Blue Note Records calls to mind a once-regnant sound in jazz: the hard-bop of the 1950s and ’60s, with its springy four-beat swing rhythm, its spare-but-lush horn harmonies, its flinty, ...