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The Blue Note label is one of the most widely known and respected producers of jazz music in the world. This reference book, by noted discographer Michel Ruppli and Blue Note producer Michael Cuscuna, expands upon the previous edition and includes comprehensive documentation of personnel, recording locations and dates, and master and issue numbers for every recording made or issued by the label from its inception through the present day.
An introduction provides a synopsis of the label's genesis, history, and output. Nine sections detail each stage in the label's history, from the sessions produced by the label's founders, through Blue Note's adoption by the Liberty Label and then by the EMI conglomerate, to its 1985 revival as its own entity, the jazz label of record in the United States.
List of contents
Preface
The Blue Note Story
The Original Blue Note Sessions (1939-1967)
THe Liberty/United Artists Era (1967-1979)
THe EMI Era (1985-1999)
Purchased Sessions
Reissues from EMI labels
Leased Sessions
Single Numerical Listings
Album Numerical Listings
Compact Disc Numerical Listings
Index of Artists
Addendum
About the author
MICHEL RUPPLI is a renowned discographer whose earlier projects include Atlantic Records, The Prestige Label, The Savoy Label, Verve Labels, Mercury Labels, and The Blue Note Label (all issued by Greenwood Press).
Summary
Nine sections detail each stage in the label's history, from the sessions produced by the label's founders, through Blue Note's adoption by the Liberty Label and then by the EMI conglomerate, to its 1985 revival as its own entity, the jazz label of record in the United States.
