The Future of Blue Note Records

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Modern Blue Note

 * [[Image:ComeAwayWithMe_Jones_Norah.jpg||left|225px|]]Blue Note Records continues producing music as a label of EMI Records. You can see their current catalog at the Blue Note Records website.


 * Vocalist Norah Jones is probably their biggest act producing for the label in 2011. The catalog features current artists like Joe Lovano and collections of classic recordings, and special reissues of Blue Note music in new collections.

Use in Other Genres of Music

 * There has been much sampling of classic Blue Note tracks by both hip hop artists and for mashing projects. In 1993, the group Us3 designed the entirety of its debut album upon samples from classic Blue Note records.


 * In 2003, hip hop producer Madlib released "Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note," a collection of his remixes and interpretations of Blue Note music. Pete Rock, J. Dilla, and DJ Spinna have likewise been involved in similar projects.


 * In 2004, Burning Vision Entertainment created the video for Helicopter Girl's 'Angel City' using the art from numerous Blue Note LP sleeves to startling effect.


 * In 2008, hip hop producer Questlove of The Roots compiled "Droppin' Science: Greatest Samples from the Blue Note Lab," a collection of original Blue Note recordings sampled by modern-day hip hop artists such as Dr. Dre and A Tribe Called Quest.

The Library

 * Many Blue Note albums are considered among the finest in all of jazz. In the awarding of special crowns for the Ninth Edition of the Penguin Guide to Jazz, eight out of 80 total are Blue Notes.[8] In the same guide, out of its 213 recordings given status of "core collection," 27 are on the Blue Note label.[9]