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Blue Note Records has embodied the best jazz has to offer for over 80 years. With a catalog of greats, from Horace Silver, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Art Blakey, Herbie ...
Prestige Records: The Album Cover Collection has been published in honor of the seminal jazz label's 60th anniversary. The handsome coffee table-sized book would make the perfect gift for many jazz ...
Metal album covers, like the music itself, can be harsh. But what if they mellowed out a bit, say with some jazz? That’s the idea Brazilian designer Rafael Melandi had when he decided to ...
Marsalis leads a take on Keith Jarrett’s 1974 LP “Belonging,” and Lehman interprets “The Music of Anthony Braxton,” revealing fresh lessons.
The relative demise of vinyl and the onslaught of mp3’s and digidownloads have pretty much wiped out the pleasurable gestalt of seeing a great album cover. Many books have been devoted to classic rock ...
I have been a fan of jazz album cover art for a long time, and have written about some of my favorite cover art. I’ve also enjoyed earlier books devoted to cover art such as Eric Kohler’s In The ...
Not so long ago, if critically touted jazz musicians put out an album of pop-tune covers, they would be roasted—or at least scrutinized—for “selling out.” This would be particularly true ...
The auction includes test pressings of almost Tim's entire discography, including records by Cap'n Jazz, Joan of Arc, Owls, Make Believe, and more.
The album, out on 7/11 from Blue LLama Records interweaves classic poetry with timeless music. We spoke with Harris about the ...
Out Feb. 11, In The Blue Light is a live album capturing Kelela's intimate, unplugged performances at New York City's Blue Note jazz club. Last year (May 28-29, 2024), she made her Blue Note debut ...
Photoshop tutorial showing how to design and create a vintage, jazz record album cover made famous by record companies such as Blue Note, Impulse, Prestige and Capitol Records.
The Alchemist and his fans are aligned. On Sunday, Dec. 16, the three-time Grammy-nominated producer took to X to respond to a fan who wrote, “introspective jazz album with young thug needed ...