Blue Note

Noted record executive and producer Don Was explains the concept behind the creation of WasFest, a new music festival he’s curating in Boston in June.

WBGO’s Brian Delp talks with Renee Rosnes and Nicole Glover of the super group Artemis about their new album ‘In Real Time’ on Blue Note Records.

WBGO’s Nicole Sweeney talks with keyboardist Ronnie Foster about his many recording sessions, his latest Blue Note album Reboot, and his upcoming performance at The Blue Note in NYC.

WBGO’s Gary Walker to spotlight Dance Kobina, a new album from Joe Chambers on his Daybreak show and the drummer talks with Monifa Brown about the recording

The screwball comedy features a jazz soundtrack that includes classic tracks from the Blue Note catalog, including “Moanin’” by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, “Senor Blues” by Horace Silver, and “Let’s Get Lost” by Chet Baker.

"Blood Count," the Billy Strayhorn ballad, provides fine fodder for a trio of Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan, as heard on the forthcoming album 'Trios: Chapel.'

Norah Jones' demo of "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" helped land her a deal at Blue Note. It's now a single from Come Away With Me: 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition, due out on April 29.

For The Art of the Story, a report on tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, whose album-release celebration doubles as a Village Vanguard debut.

Working with his superbly intuitive band — Micah Thomas on piano, Daryl Johns on bass, Kweku Sumbry on drums — we listen in on Wilkins' powerful January performance, recorded live at PhilaMOCA.

Tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana made her forthcoming album, '12 Stars,' during a time of heartbreak, healing and renewed hope.