Doc'n'Roll Liverpool has been screening six films, plus a selection of shorts that tell the stories of the groundbreaking record labels,
Blue Note and Trojan, and map the world of Detroit techno.
There were also gigs in the world's most famous jazz clubs - The
Blue Note and Village Vanguard in New York, the New Morning in Paris, The Tokyo
Blue Note and Ronnie Scott's in London.
Blue Note Records has produced music from the greatest names in jazz: Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Bud Powell, Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley, Dexter Gordon, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter.
Summary: "We didn't use to hear the bombings because the players were so loud,"
Blue Note CafAaAaAeA@ owner Khaled Nazha joke
She is appearing at the
Blue Note in Honolulu, November 28, 2016.
Blue Note: A Story of Modem Jazz tells the story of Alfred Lion, Francis Wolff, and the record label they founded.
SATURDAY
Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz BBC4, 7pm Following Friday night's Nina Simone documentary and Wynton Marsalis concert, BBC Four is still in a jazzy mood as it brings us this programme exploring the history of the iconic
Blue Note Records.
Norah Jones might have resuscitated
Blue Note Records with her adult contemporary balladry, but pianist-composer Jason Moran might be the jazz label's poster boy for the future.
Well, aficionados from Warsaw to Perth will tell you: it's that black oval and long rectangle, a strangely deconstructed musical note nestled against the iconic words:
BLUE NOTE.
Blue Note is more than just a record label; it is jazz music's Library of Congress, a compendium of music, album art, photography, and liner notes that document much of the history of jazz.
Eve tells me she's going down to the
Blue Note to listen to some jazz, even before it has been invented.