Blue Note
Total Releases:
2910
Key Styles:
Hard Bop,
Contemporary Jazz,
Soul-Jazz,
Post Bop,
Bop
Essential Blue Note Albums
Blue Train
John Coltrane
1958
Hard Bop
Somethin' Else
Cannonball Adderley
1958
Bop
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
1958
Hard Bop
Maiden Voyage
Herbie Hancock
1965
Hard Bop
Cool Struttin'
Sonny Clark
1958
Hard Bop
Shades Of Blue
Madlib
2003
Instrumental
Places And Spaces
Donald Byrd
1975
Jazz-Funk
Blacks And Blues
Bobbi Humphrey
1974
Jazz-Funk
Street Lady
Donald Byrd
1973
Soul-Jazz
Speak No Evil
Wayne Shorter
1966
Post Bop
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Artists
| Musician | Instrument | Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Art Blakey | Drums | 127 |
| Lee Morgan | Trumpet | 90 |
| Horace Silver | Piano | 79 |
| Paul Chambers | Bass | 76 |
| Grant Green | Guitar | 73 |
| Hank Mobley | Tenor Saxophone | 68 |
| Donald Byrd | Trumpet | 64 |
| Gordon H Jee | Creative Director | 61 |
| Lou Donaldson | Alto Saxophone | 61 |
| Blue Mitchell | Trumpet | 60 |
Personnel
| Person | Role | Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred Lion | Producer | 305 |
| Rudy Van Gelder | Lacquer Cut By | 271 |
| Reid Miles | Design [Cover] | 234 |
| Rudy Van Gelder | Recorded By [Recording By] | 220 |
| Francis Wolff | Photography By [Cover Photo] | 203 |
| Rudy Van Gelder | Recorded By | 178 |
| Leonard Feather | Liner Notes | 146 |
| Greg Calbi | Mastered By | 85 |
| George Butler | Executive-Producer | 77 |
| Nat Hentoff | Liner Notes | 75 |
Genres & Styles
| Genre | Releases | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz | 2734 | 59.4% |
| Funk / Soul | 298 | 6.5% |
| Electronic | 189 | 4.1% |
| Pop | 185 | 4% |
| Rock | 110 | 2.4% |
| Blues | 104 | 2.3% |
| Hip Hop | 85 | 1.8% |
| Folk, World, & Country | 82 | 1.8% |
| Latin | 48 | 1% |
| Stage & Screen | 20 | 0.4% |
| Style | Releases | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Hard Bop | 543 | 11.8% |
| Contemporary Jazz | 431 | 9.4% |
| Soul-Jazz | 356 | 7.7% |
| Post Bop | 278 | 6% |
| Bop | 275 | 6% |
| Jazz-Funk | 208 | 4.5% |
| Vocal | 103 | 2.2% |
| Fusion | 99 | 2.1% |
| Cool Jazz | 80 | 1.7% |
| Latin Jazz | 78 | 1.7% |
Releases Timeline
Blue Note Discography
Total: 2886 releases
| Artist | Album | Style | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Fats" Sadi's Combo | "Fats" Sadi's Combo | 1954 | |
| 'Baby Face' Willette | Face To Face | Hard Bop | 1961 |
| 'Baby Face' Willette | Swingin' At Sugar Ray's / Somethin' Strange | Post Bop | 1961 |
| 'Baby Face' Willette | Goin' Down | Soul-Jazz | 1961 |
| 'Baby Face' Willette | Stop And Listen | Soul-Jazz | 1962 |
| Aaron Neville | My True Story | Doo Wop | 2013 |
| Aaron Parks | Invisible Cinema | Contemporary Jazz | 2008 |
| Aaron Parks | Little Big III | 2024 | |
| Aaron Parks | By All Means | Contemporary Jazz | 2025 |
| Aga Zaryan, Michał Tokaj, David Dorůžka, Michał Barański, Łukasz Żyta, Munyungo Jackson | Looking Walking Being | Smooth Jazz | 2010 |
| Aga Zaryan, Michał Tokaj, Larry Koonse, Darek Oleszkiewicz, Munyungo Jackson | A Book Of Luminous Things | 2011 | |
| Agnes Obel | Island Of Doom | Contemporary | 2019 |
| Agnes Obel | Myopia | Vocal | 2020 |
| Al Green | I Can't Stop | Rhythm & Blues | 2003 |
| Al Green | Rainin' In My Heart | Soul | 2003 |
| Al Green | Everything's OK | Soul | 2005 |
| Al Green | Lay It Down | Rhythm & Blues | 2008 |
| Al Green | No One Like You | Funk | 2008 |
| Al Green | What More Do You Want From Me | Soul | 2008 |
| Al Green | Just For Me | Rhythm & Blues | 2009 |