jazzzzzzzzzzz ....... nice!

Have now developed a serious jazz addiction fuelled by my friends at Blue Note. An honour and a privilege to working on this iconic jazz brand. Launched in 1939 by two german immigrees in New York it was one of the few labels that recognised Jazz's label as America's classical music. As a brand there was a clear ethos of delivering quality regardless of commercialism, and the investment was always in the product. As with so many success stories luck played a part, but destiny works for those who have passion and so it was with Alfred Lion and Francis Wolf, who's collaboration with designer Reid Miles is remarkable for its vivid visual style.

Think of another jazz label that is also a brand? Universal? HMV? Columbia. What have any of these labels ever done to endear themselves to the artist? Blue Note, or in France, la note bleu - cherished drug-addled geniuses long before they were treated as anything other than the dregs of society and, as long as it is cared for, will always be "the musician's label"