Forced to flee the crisis in the north of Mali, these “children of the country” met in refugee camps in 2012. It was the music of their Tamasheq culture, part of Mali’s cultural heritage, that […]

Jorja Smith’s new cover is part of Blue Note Records’ upcoming compilation Bluenote Re:imgained due out this September. “Blue Note Reimagined” is the name of the next project launched by Blue Note. A project of […]

An arresting new quartet album that denounces the injustices against African-Americans in the United States. Born in Oakland, California, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire presents On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment, a fifth album that […]

Recorded in 1959, the album Just Coolin’ by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers will be released for the first time via Blue Note. The legendary Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers’ album Just Coolin’ […]

The American pianist and producer drops a new video with Killer Mike, BJ the Chicago Kid and Big K.R.I.T., ahead of his upcoming album Black Radio III.  On February 25, ten years to the day […]

Our South Africa-based journalist Tseliso Monaheng has selected his favourite South African jazz releases of the year.

Welcome To The Hills is Yussef Dayes’ new live experience LP. The British drummer is accompanied by Rocco Palladino (bass) and Charlie Stacey (keys/synthesis) in a work recorded at a Copenhagen concert from 2019. Welcome […]

Musician, improviser, healer, and academic Nduduzo Makhathini’s freshly-inked deal with the America-based Blue Note Records label heralds a new phase in the quest for the current wave of South African jazz musicians’ global conquest. We […]