Blue Note's new moves on digital and physical music

One of the oldest active and iconic jazz recording labels, Blue Note is now an official curator on the Apple Music streaming service.

Published 29th Mar 2016

One of the oldest active and most iconic jazz recording labels, Blue Note, is now an official curator on the Apple Music streaming service becoming the first jazz label to do so. Blue Note has already begun curating playlists including The Hits, The Ballads, Vital Organs, Jazz Now!, Jazz Meets Hip-Hop, and Blue Note’s Jazz Vocalists.

The label has also announced the continuation of its vinyl reissue series with organist Big John Patton’s ‘Let ’Em Roll,’ trumpeter Blue Mitchell’s ‘The Thing to Do,’ saxophonist Ike Quebec’s ‘Blue and Sentimental,’ Sam Rivers’ ‘Fuchsia Swing Song’ and vocalist Sheila Jordan’s ‘Portrait of Sheila’ all available again on May 6th 2016