Blue Note

Greg Bryant

In this episode of The Late Set, tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana talks about absorbing influences, and her path to a personal sound. And she reflects on the process of refinement that can be heard on her captivating new album, Echoes of the Inner Prophet.

Johnathan Blake, whose Blue Note album 'Passage' is dedicated to his father, the late John Blake, Jr.

Arts Desk

With 'Passage,' Johnathan Blake toasts his father, and a legacy

Shaun Brady

Drummer Johnathan Blake has always carried a musical torch for his father, the late violinist John Blake, Jr. With a forthcoming Blue Note album, 'Passage,' he pays his most direct homage yet.

Artemis, whose second album on Blue Note introduces a lineup with two new members: tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover (lower left) and saxophonist and flutist Alexa Tarantino (upper left).

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Artemis, in a new configuration, hits its target with 'In Real Time'

Nate Chinen

Artemis' second album on Blue Note introduces a lineup with two new saxophonists, and an even deeper cohesion. Read Nate Chinen's Album of the Week review.

Rudy Van Gelder used his parents' living room in Hackensack, N.J., as his recording studio in the mid-1950s.

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Rudy Van Gelder, Definitive Jazz Recording Engineer, Has Died

Felix Contreras

The man who captured hundreds of jazz's greatest recordings — by Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock — died Thursday at his home studio. He was 91.