Long consigned to pop music’s margins since its 1930s and 40s heyday, jazz enjoyed a surprising renaissance in 2000 when a 35-year-old Canadian female pianist
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The ranchera hits compiled on Mercedes Castro’s Anhelo (Longing) ride the ups and (mostly) downs of romance, populated by a roll call of rogues who
Jorge Ben never quite fit any of the Brazilian music trends of the 1960s and 1970s. He was friends with seemingly everyone, though: Ben was
Ever since the song “Indestructible” was released on the Ray Barretto album of the same name in 1973, listeners have shouted along to smooth-voiced vocalist
Acclaimed pianist and composer Aaron Parks has returned to Blue Note Records where he released his influential label debut Invisible Cinema in 2008. The visionary
A giant of Latin music, Tito Puente’s storied multi-decade career as a bandleader and percussionist yielded a plethora of essential compositions and recordings. Yet ironically
South African pianist, composer, healer, and philosopher Nduduzo Makhathini has announced the June 7 release of his third Blue Note album uNomkhubulwane. The transcendent three-movement
By the time Joe Henderson arrived at Rudy Van Gelder’s New Jersey recording facility in April 1964 to record his third Blue Note album, In
Blue Note Records will honor the legacy of the brilliant and beloved trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and educator Ron Miles with the May 10 release of
Blue Note’s co-founder Alfred Lion had a penchant for pianists who sounded different. In 1947, he signed Thelonious Monk, famed for his blend of dissonance