Today Blue Note Records celebrates its 70th birthday. The label was born on January 6th, 1939 when a young jazz fan named Alfred Lion recorded two of his favorite boogie-woogie pianists at a New York studio. That first session (Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis – The First Day) proved to be the start of an illustrious history that continues to this day.

Over the course of its seven decades in business, Blue Note has recorded virtually every major figure in modern jazz, from pioneers like Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane to contemporary masters like Wynton Marsalis and Joe Lovano.

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On January 13th, Blue Note Records will commemorate the label’s 70th anniversary with the release of Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Records, an eight-song collection of classic Blue Note repertoire re-envisioned by The Blue Note 7, an all-star tribute band comprised of current jazz luminairies.

Album Track List

The all star septet includes pianist, musical director, and current Blue Note recording artist Bill Charlap with trumpeter Nicholas Payton, tenor saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, alto saxophonist/flutist Steve Wilson, guitarist Peter Bernstein, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Lewis Nash.

Mosaic features new versions of jazz classicas such as Thelonious Monk’s “Criss Cross,” Herbie Hancock’s “Dolphin Dance,” McCoy Tyner’s “Search For Peace,” and Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers’ “Mosaic.”

Charlap comments thay “[they] chose to record compositions that would honor the label and kit key players, whittling it down to eight of our favorites from blue note’s wide-ranging and extensive catalog.”

More arrangements of songs from the Blue Note library will be created for “The Blue Note 7 Tour,” which began on January 7th in Yakima, Washington, continuing with stops in over 50 cities across North America. the tour will culminate in a six-night run in mid-April at Birdland In New York.

The Blue Note 7 EPK

For more information about this album and other events surrounding Blue Note’s
70th Anniversary, please visit Blue Note’s site.

Also visit On Target Media Group for further information about the album.

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